| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "HUNDRED-EYED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Hundred-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. | ||
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