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Hera’s servant. After Zeus turned Io into a cow, Hera ordered Argos to guard Io and keep her away from Zeus. According to Greek mythology, Argos is covered with a hundred eyes, and he is represented in the gadfly that relentlessly pursues Io in Prometheus Bound. Zeus couldn’t get close to Io with Argos guarding her, so he ordered Hermes to kill Argos. Io claims that she is bitten by “the ghost of earthbound Argos,” as the gadfly harasses her and prods her to continue wandering.
Argos Quotes in Prometheus Bound
The Prometheus Bound quotes below are all either spoken by Argos or refer to Argos . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Prometheus Bound Quotes
[…] Immediately my shape and mind
became distorted, my head grew horns, and I,
chased by the gadfly, fled with frantic leaps
to that sweet stream, Cerchnea, good to drink from,
and Lerna’s spring. But my appointed cowherd
was earthborn Argos, terrible in his wrath.
He followed me, he watched my steps,
peering with his countless eyes.
Then an unhoped-for sudden death destroyed him.
But I continued, driven by the god-sent scourge,
the gadfly, from land to land.
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This quote continues Io’s explanation of her appearance, further revealing her story and underscoriing her suffering at the hands of Zeus’s power. Here, Io describes the moment Zeus transformed her into a cow. With her transformation, Io’s “shape and mind became distorted,” and the “horns” of a cow grew from her head. As Hera knew who and what Io was, Hera appointed her loyal servant, Argos, to keep an eye on Io and keep Zeus away from her. Argos was indeed “terrible in his wrath.” He was abusive and never let Io out of his sight, and since mythology depicts Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. H
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