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Argus

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Argus the "all seeing" spent a lot of dough on contact solution. Why? Well, he had a hundred eyes—all over his body. Things didn't end well for this guy. See, Zeus had transformed his nymph-love Io into a cow to hide her from Hera. The queen wasn't fooled, though, and she hired Argus to watch over the cow. Even with all those eyes, Argus proved to be a pretty bad watchman. Zeus sent Hermes to check out the scene. The messenger god put the giant to sleep by playing the lyre, and then it was off with Argus' head. What a way to go.

Basic Information

Name	Argus
Nickname	Argus Panoptes Argos The All Seeing That dude with the eyes all over his body
Sex	Male
Current city	Underworld

Work & Education

Occupation	Monster Slayer Servant of Hera Watchman
Education	Hera's School of Doing What She Says

Beliefs

Political views

Hera should kick Zeus to the curb

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Children	None
Friends	Hera (People talk a lot of junk about her, but my mistress always stood by me.)

Relationships

Relationship status

Single

Favorites

TV Shows	Land of the Giants Hell on Wheels The Wire
Quotations	"Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant." – Yiddish Proverb "Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break, every step you take I'll be watching you" – The Police (yeah, it's creepy, I know) "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." – Isaac Newton "Gigantic! Gigantic! Gigantic! A big big love!" – The Pixies "Getting your head chopped off while you're sleeping majorly sucks." – Argus
Books	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (Life really is this absurd.) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Beowulf (Beowulf isn't the only monster slayer around—I totally took out Echidna.) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" by Emily Dickinson "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (I wish I could've survived having my head cut off like the Green Knight.) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers "Lullaby" by W.H. Auden (Much better than the lullaby Hermes played to put me to sleep.)
Music	These Eyes by The Guess Who Wide Awake by Katy Perry (I wish I'd been wide awake right before Hermes cut my head off. Blah.) The Argus by Ween (Kind of my theme song.) I Can See Clearly Now by Jimmy Cliff Every Breath You Take by The Police (I'm always watching everybody since I'm covered with eyes.) Gigantic by The Pixies (Yeah, this song is on every giant's fave playlist.) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by The Platters (It really sucks when this happens to me. My whole body cries.) The Outsider by Argus (When this band hit the scene, everybody kept asking me if I'd released an album, so I had to check them out.)
Movies	The Avengers (I could totally be one of these guys.) The Watch City Slickers (A film that proves that herding cattle is harder than it looks.) King Kong Watchmen The Iron Giant Godzilla Jack the Giant Killer (Though I do find this subject matter disturbing.)

Activities & Interests

Likes	Cheeseburgers Andre the Giant The Jolly Green Giant Lens Crafters
Interests	Gigantism Optometry
Groups	The Federation of Giants We're Not Monsters Andre the Giant Fan Club

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