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Argus Panoptes
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My most favorite monster types from mythology are Giants, the gigantic human relations of great strength who could either be the mightiest of heroes or the most devastating of villains. Argus Panoptes, a giant from Greek / Roman legend could be viewed as either; a warrior covered with one hundred too one thousand eyes, he was a trusted servant to the goddess Hera. And he was sent fourth by her to take prisoner and guard the beautiful Io, one of Hera’s husband Zeus’s mortal affairs. In retaliation, Zeus sent his own champion, Hermes to rescue her and in the process killed the giant, who made the mistake of closing all his eyes instead of his usual half when Hermes lulled him to sleep. When Hera found out that her beloved guardian giant was slain, she carefully gathered up all his eyes and placed them on the tail of the peacock as an internal remembrance. This is my own take on Argus, which is more alien and menacing I might add then a normal man with eyes all over his body. According to various sources, the name of Argus Panoptes literally means “Argus Who Sees Everything”
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