August
31
/ 2022
Argos Panoptes was one of the primordial giants of Greek mythology. His epithet Panoptes means “the one who is all-seeing” and reminds us of the symbol of the all-seeing eye of God. Although Panoptes was a moniker that was also used for the god Zeus, the eyes of Argos Panoptes were not enough to protect him from the meddling gods and his untimely demise at the hands of Hermes the the Argus-slayer. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"98858","attributes":{"alt":"Attic red figure from circa 490 BC depicting Hermes killing the many-eyed Argos who was guarding Io. (ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0)","class":"media-image","height":"406","style":"width: 610px; height: 406px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Attic red figure from circa 490 BC depicting Hermes killing the many-eyed Argos who was guarding Io. (ArchaiOptix / CC BY-SA 4.0 )
