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Hermes and Io

Hermes, Io (as heifer) and Argos. Side A from a Greek black-figure amphora, 540–530 BC. Found in Italy.

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Argeiphontes is an epithet usually of Hermes, but also of Apollo. Although it is usually assumed argeiphontes means Argus-slayer -- as in the mythological event when Hermes killed Argus while he was entrusted by Hera with watching the heifer-Io -- this meaning is not unanimously accepted. Other possibilities are that argeiphontes means dog-slayer or snake-slayer or brightly shining.

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Also Known As: Hermes
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It is usually believed that Hermes acquired his epithet argeiphontes when he tricked Argus panoptes and then killed him.

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