Argos (dog)

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Odysseus and Argos

Argos ( Greek  Ἄργος ) is in the ancient Greek epic Odyssey of Homer the hunting dog of Odysseus , who waited for his master in the palace of Ithaca for 20 years. When Odysseus returns, Argos recognizes him. But he is too weak to rise from the dung heap on which he lies, eaten by vermin, only wags his tail, lowers his ears and dies on it.

He had the same name as the hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology , probably because of his particular vigilance .

literature

  • Magnus Frisch: ἦ μάλα θαῦμα κύων ὅδε κεῖτ᾽ ἐνὶ κόπρῳ. The Anagnorisis of Odysseus and His Dog Argos (Hom. Od. 17, 290-327). In: Literatūra - Research Journal for Literary Scholarship. 59.3, 2017, ISSN  0258-0802 , pp. 7-18 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homer, Odyssey 17, 290–327 . Transferred from Johann Heinrich Voss. Online text