Thursday 4 August 2016

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Argus Panoptes or Argos was a hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology. He was a giant, the son of Arestor, whose name "Panoptes" meant "the all-seeing one". He was a servant of Hera; one of the tasks that were given to him was to slay the fearsome monster Echidna, wife of Typhon, which he successfully completed. 
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  • In the Harry Potter book and film series, Argus Filch is the name of the excessively-vigilant caretaker at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. Considering his intricate knowledge of the many secret passages and his obsession with watching students for signs of rule-breaking, his name is likely a reference to Argus Panoptes.
  • A devil beast based on Argos, romanticized as Algoth, appears in the anime series The Devil Lady who uses Jun's fear of being watched to torment her. He ends up killing himself upon entering a fun house mirror room, terrified of being watched himself.

  • The fifteenth colossus from the video game Shadow of the Colossus is called Argus and nicknamed "The Sentinel" and "Vigilant Guard". The hundreds of eyes carved into the temple that he resides in refers to the omnividence (all-seeing ability) of Argus Panoptes and the watchful colossus himself.


  • Argus Panoptes served as the inspiration for one of the Kaijin from Kamen Rider Wizard, the Phantom Argos


  • In the novel Luka and the Fire of Life, by Salman Rushdie, Argus Panoptes is one of the five appointed guardians of the 'Fire of Life'.


  • Argus Panoptes was featured in Marvel Comics. He was revived by Hera to be in charge of the Panopticon (a computer surveillance system that was set up to help defend New Olympus).

  • A song by the alternative band Ween is named "The Argus".


  • A.R.G.U.S. appears in DC Comics as a secretive agency with ties to Homeland Security that is involved in covert operations around the world and is known to monitor and study various kinds of superhuman activities.


  • In the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, Argus works at Camp Half-Blood. He is said to have eyes all over his body and even his tongue. He is usually seen driving demigods into Manhattan.
  • Argus (spelled Argos) appears in the 2007 video game God of War: Betrayal. He is the multi-eyed giant pet of the goddess Hera that was sent by the gods to stop main character Kratos' rampage across Greece, but is slain by an unknown assassin in an attempt to frame Kratos for  the MURDER.   
  • In Halo 5: Guardians, Spartan Linda-058 uses a MJOLNIR armor named after Argus (ARGUS-class Mjolnir); the armor features multiple types of optical equipment attached to it.

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