Argus Panoptes

deity sky Greek corroborated · 5

Hundred-eyed giant.

↻ synthesized from 5 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Archaic to Roman period.

Relationships

enemy of
Echidna, Hermes, fifth
serves
Hera
child of
Inachus, Agenor, Arestor

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Sources

Source passages

“Argus Panoptes (Greek) – Hundred-eyed giant.”

#4102 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Argus Panoptes in Greek mythology.”

#5092 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Apollodorus Echidna continued to prey on the unfortunate "passers-by" until she was finally killed, while she slept, by Argus Panoptes, the hundred-eyed giant who served Hera.”

#6215 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Argus Panoptes”

#42523 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“ARGUS, in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Inachus, Agenor or Arestor, or, according to others, an earth-born hero (autochthon). He was called Panoptes (all-seeing), from having eyes all over his body. After performing several feats of valour, he was appointed by Hera to watch the cow into which Io had been transformed.”

#44408 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free