Argus Filch

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 101798

Eustace_Scrubb wrote:
> > 
> > In Greek mythology, Argus was a hundred-eyed herdsman or servant
of
> > Hera.  When Zeus seduced Io, he changed her into a cow to in an
> > unsuccessful attempt to deceive Hera.  Hera asked Zeus for the
cow 
> and set Argus to guard bovine-Io. Zeus then had Hermes kill Argus
to 
> free Io. 
> 
Then Valky:
> Hasnt there been some threads investigating the link between 
> Hermione's name and the Greek Mythology of Hermes. If this, and the 
> above parrallel, is apt , and I am quite sure it very well could
be, 
> it would imply that Hermione has been managing to keep many more 
> secrets from us than we know. 
> That Hermione is good at keeping secrets IS canon, so about the 
> spell on Argus' eyes, could our very "brightest witch of her age" 
> put a spell on him to protect her friends sometime early in the 
> story that we dont know about. 
> Also Hermione is the resident history expert so I suspect she 
> already has made an accurate guess to herself who IO/Norris is
she's 
> just not telling.... and speculating the reason for that is the
best 
> clue we have to the nature of what exctly Mr Norris is. Also I will 
> be investigating Hermiones few interactions with Mrs Norris in the 
> books to scour for more.

More Eustace_Scrubb:

A Hermione/Hermes connection would make this yet more interesting. 
I'll look forward to what you discover.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb