Argos
/ˈɑːɡɒs/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A city in the Peloponnese, Greece.
- 2 The dog of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey. Greek
- 3 Alternative form of Argus (“many-eyed servant of Hera”). Greek, alt-of, alternative
- 4 A town in Indiana; named for the city in Greece.
- 5 A river in Murcia, Spain; flowing from Caravaca de la Cruz into the Segura at Calasparra.
Example
More examples"Rich presents, too, he sends for, saved of old / from Troy, a veil, whose saffron edges shone / fringed with acanthus, glorious to behold, / a broidered mantle, stiff with figures wrought in gold. / Fair Helen's ornaments, from Argos brought, / the gift of Leda, when the Trojan shore / and lawless nuptials o'er the waves she sought."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄργος (Árgos).