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In Greek and Roman mythology, Argos was a giant with a thousand eyes. Sometimes called Panopes (‘he who sees everything’), the giant almost never slept, since at all times, when some of his eyes were closed, others would be open. When Zeus, the father of the gods, had an affair with the nymph Io, his jealous wife Hera kidnapped Io and had her imprisoned under the watchful eyes of Argos. Discovering this, Zeus sent Hermes to rescue her. Hermes lulled the giant to sleep with his lyre, and then killed him and cut off his head. Later, when Hera heard this, she collected Argos’ eyes and set them in the tail of the peacock, a bird that was sacred to her.