[HPforGrownups] ARGUS Filch
Margaret Dean
margdean at erols.com
Mon Apr 23 18:04:04 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 17477
Stephanie Roark Keener wrote:
>
> Here's something interesting:
> An Argus is a Greek monster with one hundred eyes.
Well, actually there was only one of him, IIRC: he "belonged" to
Hera, who set him to watch over one of Zeus's many
light-o'-loves. Therefore he's a symbol of watchfulness.
(Odysseus's dog was also named Argus). That's our Mr. Filch, all
right!
--Margaret Dean
<margdean at erols.com>
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