Argos’ neutrality resulted in a rise of its prestige among other Greek cities, and Argos used this political capital to organize and lead an alliance against Sparta and Athens in 421 BC. This alliance included Mantinea, Corinth, Elis, Thebes, Argos, and eventually Athens.

Argos was ruled by a monarchy, or ruled by a single ruler. Argos was most powerful in the 7th century B.C, under the rule of King Pheidon.

Argos is an important city-state in the Peloponnese Peninsula. Its democracy was established in the early 5th century BC and continued untilThe Hellenistic era.It was only briefly overthrown from 418 to 417 BC. Waller’s “Research on Argos’ Political History in the 5th Century BC” is still the authority in this field.

However, in 272 BCE the city fell under the rule of pro-Macedonian tyrants. Argos then abandoned its isolationist policy and became a member of the Achaean League (c. 207-192 BCE), the Spartan tyrant during the Second Macedonian War between Macedon and Rome.

Under the Argive king Pheidon (7th century bce), Árgos was the dominant city-state in all the Peloponnese until the rise of Spartan power. The Argives defeated the Spartans at Hysiae (669).

In Greek mythology, Argus Panoptes is a 100 eyed giant (Ἄργος Πανόπτης) or Argos was a primordial giant, guardian of Io and son of Alester. He was also called “all-seeing” and because of that was described as multi-eyed, strong creature, whose eyes would never sleep.

Hera

Argos was famous for its horses. One of the legends of Argos was that of the famed Medusa-slayer Perseus, who flew on the winged horse Pegasus in his defeat of a sea monster. Pheidon was the King of Argos in the 7th Century B.C. and gained fame for his war expertise.

Hera rewarded Argos for his service by placing his hundred eyes on the tail of her sacred bird, the peacock.

To free Io, Zeus had Argus slain by Hermes. The messenger of the Olympian gods, disguised as a shepherd, first put all of Argus’ eyes asleep with spoken charms, then slew him by hitting him with a stone, the first stain of bloodshed among the new generation of gods.

Zeus thereupon sent the god Hermes, who lulled Argus to sleep and killed him.

Hermes killed Argus in order to free the lover of Zeus, Io. Zeus was having an affair with Io behind the back of his wife Hera. Hera learnt of this and so Zeus turned Io into a cow to disguise her. As revenge, Hera sent Argus to watch over Io day and night to make sure Zeus didn’t continue to meet Io.

Once the hundredth eye had shut, Hermes struck, killing Argus in his slumber. Io was set free, until Hera would turn on her again, plaguing her with gad-flies that stung her into madness. In tribute to her trusted watchman, Hera took the eyes of Argus and set them to the tail of her favorite bird, the peacock.

HERMES, son of Zeus and Maia, was born in a cave on Mount Cyllene in ARCADIA. When Zeus was sleeping with Io and Hera became aware of it, Zeus changed himself and Io into cattle. Pretending that Io was only a heifer, Zeus could not refuse giving it to Hera when she asked. HERMES lulled Argus to sleep and killed him.

To be sure Argus would never be forgotten; I took his eyes and put them on a tail of the peacock.

Argus was appointed by the goddess Hera to watch the cow into which Io (Hera’s priestess) had been transformed, but he was slain by Hermes, who is called Argeiphontes, “Slayer of Argus,” in the Homeric poems. Argus’s eyes were transferred by Hera to the tail of the peacock.

In Greek mythology, Pandora (Greek: Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶν, pān, i.e. “all” and δῶρον, dōron, i.e. “gift”, thus “the all-endowed”, “all-gifted” or “all-giving”) was the first human woman created by Hephaestus on the instructions of Zeus.

Pandora did not have any weakness. She was made to be perfect by the gods.

It’s okay, Pandora—we forgive you….Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Striving to attain godhood, Strife is an eternal enemy of Pandora.

Pandora opened a jar left in her care containing sickness, death and many other unspecified evils which were then released into the world. From this story has grown the idiom “to open a Pandora’s box”, meaning to do or start something that will cause many unforeseen problems.

a source of many troubles