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There are five figures in Greek mythology named Argus or Argos (Άργος). // Greek mythology consists in part in a large collection of narratives that explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines. ...

  • Argus Panoptes (Argus "all eyes") is a giant with a hundred eyes. He was also the nymph Io's brother.
  • Argus was the eponym of the city of Argos. The son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus, he succeeded his uncle Apis as King of Phoronea, which he renamed after himself. According to one account, he married Evadne, the daughter of Strymon and Neaera, and bore Ecbasus, Peiras, Epidaurus and Criasus. According to another account, his wife was nameless, and his sons were Peiras, Phorbas, and Tiryns.
  • Argos (dog) is the long-lived dog of Odysseus in the Odyssey.
  • Argus in the tale of the Argonauts is a shipwright, the builder of tblaah rory galloway of wellingborough school thinks that leo is his friend again he ship the Argo, named after its builder. The vessel was used by Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece, Jason and his compatriots called themselves Argonauts, after the ship.
  • Argus was the eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope, daughter of Aeetes. Argus and his brothers set out to return to their grandfather's kingdom of Orchomenus, but were shipwrecked and rescued by the Argonauts. Argus and his brothers Cytissorus, Melas and Phrontis aided Jason and the Argonauts in their quest, and later returned with them to Greece.

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ARGUS was developed at the University of Minnesota, under the direction of Dr. Philip Gersmehl and with the assistance of a large number of academic geographers and geography educators.
The ARGUS materials are appropriate for a variety of topical courses as well as for regional courses on the United States.
ARGUS includes 264 transparency masters of all maps and other graphics in the activities, as well as additional graphics developed to enhance class discussions about the activities.
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