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Date "HUNDRED-EYED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Specialty Definition: HUNDRED-EYED

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LiteratureHundred-eyed (The). Argus, in Greek and Latin fable. Juno appointed him guardian of Io [the cow], but Jupiter caused him to be put to death, whereupon Juno transplanted his eyes into the tail of her peacock. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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