ARGUS Filch

[Mags]

No: HPFGUIDX 18837

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Stephanie Roark Keener" <sdrk1 at y...> 
wrote:
> Here's something interesting:
>  An Argus is a Greek monster with one hundred eyes.  
> 
> Hmmmmm...  Given the fact that people's names can revel things 
about 
> them, like Remus Lupin or Sirius Black....   Hmmm...  Opens up all 
> kinds of possibilities. 
> 
> Stephanie

Argus was a monster sent by Hera to guard Io, one of Zeus' lovers.  
He had 100 eyes so that while some of his eyes slept, he could keep 
some of them open and therefore always keep an eye on his prisoner.  
Hermes put him to sleep by telling him a story (I think it was the 
one about his son Pan) until all his eyes closed and he fell asleep.

Can you tell I'm a Greek Mythology boff?  Well, Filch certainly 
doesn't ever seem to sleep - how many times has he caught people out 
of bed in the middle of the night?  He also has Mrs. Norris to act as 
an extra pair of eyes for him, so I suppose the name is pretty 
appropriate.

Hope I haven't made YOU all fall asleep with this post,

Mags xx