Argus: Any alert or watchful person; a guardian
The Legend of
Argus: Argus was the son of Inachus, Agenor, or arestor, or acording to
others, an Earthborn hero; Autochthon. Because of the numbor of eyes in
his head or all over his body, he
was called Panoptes,
"All Seeing". He was appointed by Hera to
watch Io, he
was slain by Hermes who put him to sleep by playing
on a flute and
then cuting off his head. His eyes were transferred
by Hera to the
tail of the peacock.
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