Argus

Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Argus, the name of the faithful dog of Ulysses, that alone knew his master returning home after twenty years' abscence. [Homer, Odyss 1 |xvii|]. A family denarius represents Ulysses disguised as a merchant, and his dog in the sttitude of fawning on him. See Mamilia gens.

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Argus

Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Argus, the name of the faithful dog of Ulysses, that alone knew his master returning home after twenty years' abscence. [Homer, Odyss 1 |xvii|]. A family denarius represents Ulysses disguised as a merchant, and his dog in the sttitude of fawning on him. See Mamilia gens.

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