Ἀργειφόντης
argeiphontes
slayer of Argus
Appears 27 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
Ἀργειφόντης, ου, ὁ, voc. -φόντα h.Hom. 29.7, H. 28.3, Tim. 32: (Ἄργος, Φόνος):—Α. slayer of Argus, epith. of Hermes, Od. 1.38, al., Op. 77, etc.: variously expld. by Gramm., cf. ND 16. II. acc. to Fr. 65, from ἀργῆς, serpent-slayer, i.e. Apollo, Fr. 1024, cf. Sch. Pr. 569; of Telephus, Fr. 33.
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