"A 100 eye giant or something else?"

"A 100 eye giant or something else?"

 Argos Panoptes was one of the primordial

giants of the Greek mythology. His epithet ‘Panoptes’ means the one who is all-seeing, which reminds us of the symbol of the ‘all seeing eye’ of God. However, Panoptes was an epithet that was also used for the god Zeus.

Argos Panoptes was the son of Arestor, whose wife was Mycene from whom the Mycenaean civilization and the Homeric city of Mycenae got its name. Argos is described as having 100 eyes, according to the Greek mythology. Probably this was a feature attributed to him in an allegoric way, showing his ability to perceive everything from any angle. Whenever he slept not all of the eyes would be closed, there was always at least one eye open. He is usually depicted with multiple eyes on his body (see image above). As we can see, even if he was mentioned as a ‘monster’ in reality he was a giant, a god, with super abilities.

Reference: http://www.theoi.com/Gigante/GiganteArgosPanoptes.html 

http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/argos-panoptes-100-eye-giant-or-something-else-001044