ID: 901000629 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000629	Record Type: Character/Person

	Argos (Greek character)

Note: In Greek legend described variously as the son of Inachus, Agenor, or Arestor or as an aboriginal hero (autochthon). His byname derives from the hundred eyes in his head or all over his body, as he is often depicted on Athenian red-figure pottery from the late 6th century bc. Argus was appointed by the goddess Hera to watch the cow into which Io (Hera’s priestess) had been transformed, but he was slain by Hermes, who is called Argeiphontes, “Slayer of Argus,” in the Homeric poems. In the Metamorphoses by Ovid.

Names:

	Argos (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Argus (Greek character) (English,U,N)
	Argos Panoptes (Greek character) (English,U,N)
	Panoptes (Greek character) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Argos (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Mercury and Argus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Mercury and Argus (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901000640]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... legendary character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... eyes (animal components)
	.....(animal components, biological components, components by specific context, components (objects parts), Components (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Argos (Greek character)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2002009449
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Argus (Greek character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 97CC62 Io as a cow watched by Argus
	Argos Panoptes (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Panoptes (Greek character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) byname

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Argus," accessed 12 June 2017
	................ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)