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List of Gods : "Arestor" - 3 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
"Arestor"	Greek	The father of Argus Panoptes, the guardian of Io, who is therefore called Arestorides. Greek
Hero name "Argus"	Greek	A beast and son of Arestor with a hundred eyes of which he could only close two at a time. He was placed by Juno to guard Io, whom Jupiter had changed into a heifer. But Mercury, who was sent to carry her off, managed to surprise and kill Argus whereupon Juno transfered his eyes to the tail of a peaçõçk, her favourite bird. In Greek mythology, Argus was the name of the builder of the Argo, the ship that carried the hero Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece.
"Iasus 1"	Greek	A son of Phoroneus, and brother of Pelasgus and Agenor, or Arestor.

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