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Canonical name
Argos
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None
Kind
Animal
Scope
Individual
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Aliases

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noble hound

Epithet · Direct

Location presence

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manure heap before the stable doors of Ulysses’ house2 observations
·Direct

Argos lay neglected on the manure heap before the stable doors.

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“As they were thus talking, a dog that had been lying asleep raised his head and pricked up his ears. This was Argos, whom Ulysses had bred before setting out for Troy, but he had never had any work out of him. In the old days he used to be taken out by the young men when they went hunting wild goats, or deer, or hares, but now that his master was gone he was lying neglected on the heaps of mule and cow dung that lay in front of the stable doors till the men should come and draw it away to manure the great close; and he was full of fleas. As soon as he saw Ulysses standing there, he dropped his ears and wagged his tail, but he could not get close up to his master. When Ulysses saw the dog on the other side of the yard, he dashed a tear from his eyes without Eumaeus seeing it, and said: ”
·Direct

Eumaeus identified Argos on the manure heap.

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“‘Eumaeus, what a noble hound that is over yonder on the manure heap: his build is splendid; is he as fine a fellow as he looks, or is he only one of those dogs that come begging about a table, and are kept merely for show?’ ”

Claims

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·Direct

Argos was bred by Ulysses and formerly hunted wild animals, but now lies flea-ridden and neglected on a dung heap; recognizing Ulysses, he drops his ears and wags his tail but cannot reach him.

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“Argos, whom Ulysses had bred before setting out for Troy, but he had never had any work out of him. In the old days he used to be taken out by the young men when they went hunting wild goats, or deer, or hares, but now that his master was gone he was lying neglected on the heaps of mule and cow dung that lay in front of the stable doors till the men should come and draw it away to manure the great close; and he was full of fleas. As soon as he saw Ulysses standing there, he dropped his ears and wagged his tail, but he could not get close up to his master”
·Reported

Ulysses calls Argos a noble hound with a splendid build.

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“what a noble hound that is over yonder on the manure heap: his build is splendid”
·Remembered

Eumaeus remembers Argos as an inescapable tracker once he took a forest beast’s trail.

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“There was not a wild beast in the forest that could get away from him when he was once on its tracks”
·Direct

Argos dies immediately after recognizing Ulysses.

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“Argos died as soon as he had recognised his master”

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·Direct
“This was Argos, whom Ulysses had bred before setting out for Troy”

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Book 17 · Passage 27

As they were thus talking, a dog that had been lying asleep raised his head and pricked up his ears. This was Argos, whom Ulysses had bred before setting out for Troy, but he had never had any work out of him. In the old days he used to be taken out by the young men when they went hunting wild goats, or deer, or hares, but now that his master was gone he was lying neglected on the heaps of mule and cow dung that lay in front of the stable doors till the men should come and draw it away to manure the great close; and he was full of fleas. As soon as he saw Ulysses standing there, he dropped his ears and wagged his tail, but he could not get close up to his master. When Ulysses saw the dog on the other side of the yard, he dashed a tear from his eyes without Eumaeus seeing it, and said: