Literary notes about argus (AI summary)
The word “Argus” is employed in literature with a fascinating duality. In many texts, it evokes the mythological figure famed for his hundred eyes—a symbol of constant vigilance and watchfulness—appearing in works that reference his all-seeing nature and mythic exploits [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. Concurrently, the name is appropriated as a title for newspapers, ships, and even characters, suggesting a figurative role as an unwavering chronicler or guardian who observes events closely [6, 7, 8, 9, 10]. This blend of mythological resonance with practical application underscores the multifaceted character of “Argus” across diverse literary traditions [11, 12, 13].
- ould have had fivescore good reasons for renaming itself the Argus , after that mythological beast with 100 eyes!
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - Argus also began to be accounted a god after his death, and was honoured with a temple and sacrifices.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine - --According to mythology, Argus, surnamed Panoptes (or all-seeing), possessed a hundred eyes, some of which were never closed in sleep.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine - The peacock was sacred to the goddess, who transferred to its tail the hundred eyes of the monster Argus.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser - 1116: 'And (Hera) set a watcher upon her (Io), great and strong Argus, who with four eyes looks every way.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod - Instead he appointed Whedon of the Spoon River Argus, So I ran for the legislature and was elected.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters - [240] In the following years he was successively connected with The Argus , The Democratic Press and The Press-Tribune .
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - Next morning I was roused before daylight by the report of a signal gun fired from the "Argus" to announce that she was ready to leave.
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - The feast was resumed, and after numerous courses, Hayashi and I went back on board the "Argus" by half-past seven.
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - I embarked, therefore, on the 1st January 1867 in the "Argus," Commander Round, with my two servants, Noguchi Tomizô and Yasu.
— from A Diplomat in Japan by Ernest Mason Satow - Ulysses is conducted by Eumaeus to the palace, where his old dog Argus acknowledges his master, after an absence of twenty years, and dies with joy.
— from The Odyssey by Homer - Heimdall, like Argus, was gifted with marvellous keenness of sight, which enabled him to see a hundred miles off as plainly by night as by day.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. Guerber - why did not the Argus go down with every soul on board her before I came to see this day?
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. Braddon
