Animal · Character in Homer’s Odyssey
Argus
The old hound who waited
Forgotten on a dung-heap; waits twenty years for one look, then dies.
Odysseus' hunting dog, left as a puppy twenty years earlier and now lying neglected on a heap of dung by the gate. He lifts his head, knows his master, drops his ears, and dies.
Bonds
- Argus loyal to Odysseus — knows him, dies content
Appears in
- Book XVII Return of Odysseus to His Palace
Scenes
- Death of Argus — Book XVII. Neglected Argus recognizes his master
- Beggar at the Door — Book XVII. Telemachus feeds beggar Odysseus