Argus (son of Agenor)

Also known as: Argus · Family: Argive · Role: king · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.1

🌐 Also appears in: The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Argus)

Life events

Hermes killed Argus while stealing the cow Io guarded.(Apollodorus, Library 2.1)
- With: Hermes
- “But Zeus ordered Hermes to steal the cow, and as Hermes could not do it secretly because Hierax had blabbed, he killed Argus by the cast of a stone;”

parent: Agenor (son of Ecbasus) “Agenor had a son Argus, the one who is called the All-seeing.”
married with Ismene (daughter of Asopus) “Argus and Ismene, daughter of Asopus, had a son Iasus”
child: Iasus (son of Argus) “Argus and Ismene, daughter of Asopus, had a son Iasus”
with Echidna (Argus killed Echidna.) “Echidna, daughter of Tartarus and Earth, who used to carry off passers-by, was caught asleep and slain by Argus.”
employer: Hera “Hera requested the cow from Zeus for herself and set Argus the All-seeing to guard it.”
with Hermes (interaction) “Zeus ordered Hermes to steal the cow, and as Hermes could not do it secretly because Hierax had blabbed, he killed Argus by the cast of a stone”
enemies with Echidna “Echidna, daughter of Tartarus and Earth, who used to carry off passers-by, was caught asleep and slain by Argus.”
enemies with Hermes “he killed Argus by the cast of a stone”

Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.