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"Argos", Ulysses' faithful dog
Ulysses' faithful
dog was named Argos. He waited for his master's return to Ithaca
for over a decade, and was the first one to recognize the King
returning from the Trojan War, even though Ulysses was masqueraded
as a beggar to discover what was going on in his palace during
his absence.
The myth
mentions that the very old dog died just after recognizing his
master having fulfilled his destiny of faith.
We hope
to find a representation soon.
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"Argos", a Greek city
One of the
oldest ancient Greek cities which has remained at the same position
during all its history from the prehistoric period, through the
ancient history, the Byzantine period and the Turkish occupation.
Argos also held an important role during the early years of the
Greek State just after the rebellion against the Turks in 1821.
Many times destroyed, but never abandoned by its citizens, Argos
was quickly rebuilt after each destruction.
Today, Argos
is a small modern town with a population of about 30,000. It belongs
to the prefecture of Argolis in Peloponnese.
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"Argos", an ancient Greek hero
A ancient
Greek hero, son of Dias (Zeus) and Niobe, "constructor"
of the city of Argos. He was married to Oceanis Peitho, or Asopis
Ismini, or Strymonis Euadni. His children were Kriasos, Ekvasos,
Peirasos, Epidavros, Tiryns, Phorbas, Argos and Iasos.
The hero is
mentioned by Hesiodos, Pherekides, Evripides, Pausanias, Apollodoros
and Yginos. The hero's tomb was located in the city of Argos.
The citizens of Argos considered him as the first to have introduced
cereals in the city from Libya and to have founded the first temple
of Demetra Libyssa (from Libya).
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"Argos", a Greek mythical giant
An excelling
figure of the mythology of the city of Argos, a powerful native
giant, or son of Inachos or Aginor or Arestor or Ismene. Godess
Hera appointed him as guardian of Io (daughter of Inachos and
one of Hera's priestesses). Io was disguised by Hera to a cow
to avoid Dias' love, but Hermes, following Dias' commands, killed
Argos and stole Io.
Argos as
a guardian is the "panoptis" (he who sees everything),
"tri-ophthalmos" (he who has 3 eyes), "tetra-ophthalmos"
(he who has 4 eyes), "ekat-ophthalmos" (he who has 100
eyes) or "myriopos" (he who has tens of thousands of
holes). He is represented as two faced, or as having his body
covered with eyes. The name means the "brilliant" and
his body full of eyes symbolizes the sky. Thus, Argos may be considered
as one form of Dias.
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