Mercury, Argus , and Io - Rubens Hera decorating peacock with Argus's eyes - 17th c. Io, Argus and Hermes - Velazquez

But crimson Priapus, guardian and glory of gardens, Of them all, was captivated by Lotis : He desires, and prays, and sighs for her alo...

From Arthur Golding's 1567 Metamorphoses, Bk I.712 ff: But as Cyllenius would have tolde this tale, he cast his sight On Argus, and be...

Ovid puts the story of Hermes and Argus within the s tory of Jupiter, Hera and Io at the end of Metamorphoses I: Lewis Hyde offers a book-l...