Argus
(
*)/Argos).
1. The third king of Argos, was a son of Zeus and Niobe. (
Apollod. 2.1.1, &c.) A Scholiast (
ad Hom. Il. 1.115) calls him a son of Apis, whom he succeeded in the kingdom of Argos.
It is from this Argus that the country afterwards called Argolis and all Peloponnesus derived the name of Argos. (
Hyg. Fab. 145;
Paus. 2.16.1,
22.6,
34.5.) By Euadne, or according to others, by Peitho, he became the father of Jasus, Peiranthus or Peiras, Epidaurus, Criasus, and Tiryns. (Schol.
ad Eurip. Phoen. 1151, 1147;
ad Eurip. Orest. 1252, 1248, 930.)