Argos most often refers to:
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Argos, Peloponnese
Argos (; el, Άργος ; grc, label=Ancient Greek, Ancient and Katharevousa, Ἄργος ) is a city in Argolis, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inh ...
, a city in Argolis, Greece
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Ancient Argos
Argos (; el, Άργος ; grc, label=Ancient and Katharevousa, Ἄργος ) is a city in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and the oldest in Europe. It is the largest city in Arg ...
, the ancient city
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Argos (retailer)
Argos Limited, trading as Argos, is a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos, Peloponnese, ...
, a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
Businesses
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Argos Comunicación
Argos Comunicación is a television and film production company owned by Epigmenio Ibarra based in Mexico City.
Profile
The company started as the telenovela-production unit for TV Azteca with '' Nada personal'' and has since then produced many ...
, a Mexican television and film company
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Argos Energies, a Dutch oil and gas company
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Grupo Argos
Grupo Argos S.A is a Colombian conglomerate with large investments in the cement and energy industries. Its cement company Argos has operations in Colombia, the United States, Panamá, Honduras and the Caribbean. Celsia, its energy company, owns ...
, a Colombian cement and energy conglomerate
Places
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Argos-Mykines
Argos-Mykines ( el, Άργος-Μυκήνες) is a municipality in the Argolis regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the city of Argos. The municipality has an area of 1002.508 km2.
The mayor is Dimitris Kamposos, w ...
, a municipality in Argolis, Greece
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Argos (Nisyros), an ancient settlement on Nisyros island, Greece
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Amphilochian Argos
Amphilochian Argos ( grc, Ἄργος τὸ Ἀμφιλοχικόν, la, Argos Amphilochicum) was the chief town of ancient Amphilochia, situated at the eastern extremity of the Ambraciot Gulf, on the river Inachus. Its territory was called Argei ...
, an ancient settlement in Amphilochia, Greece
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Argos Orestiko
Argos Orestiko ( el, Άργος Ορεστικό, , Orestean Argos, before 1926: Χρούπιστα - ''Chroupista''; rup, Hrupishte) is a town and a former municipality in the Kastoria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government refo ...
, a town in the southwest-central part of Kastoria, Greece
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Argos Pelasgikon
Argos Pelasgikon ( grc, Ἄργος Πελασγικόν) is a Homeric location of Thessaly mentioned in the "Catalogue of Ships" passage:
It has been interpreted to be a city in the Pelasgiotis district or an alternative name of Phthia, the king ...
, an ancient settlement in Thessaly, Greece
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Argos (river), a river in Spain
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Argos, Indiana
Argos is a town in Green and Walnut townships, Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,777 at the 2020 census.
Geography
Argos is located at (41.237732, -86.245976).
According to the 2010 census, Argos has a total area of ...
, a town in the United States
Fictional
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Argos (Conan), a fictional nation in the world of Conan the Barbarian
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Argos (''Stargate''), a fictional planet in the ''Stargate SG-1'' universe
Science and technology
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Argos (EGFR Inhibitor), a secreted protein in ''Drosophila melanogaster''
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ARGOS (optics system), a multi-star optics system
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ARGOS (satellite)
The Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS) was launched on 23 February 1999 carrying nine payloads for research and development missions by nine separate researchers. The mission terminated on 31 July 2003.
ARGOS was launch ...
, an American research and development space mission
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Argos (satellite system), a satellite-based system for environmental data collection
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ARGOS DSS
ARGOS is a Decision Support System (DSS) for crisis and emergency management for incidents with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) releases.
System
In case of incidents with chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear re ...
, a decision support system for crisis management
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BRM Argos
The BRM Argos is a Portuguese ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviat ...
, a Portuguese microlight aircraft
Other uses
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Argus (Greek myth)
In Greek mythology, Argus or Argos ( /ˈɑːrɡəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος ''Argos'') may refer to the following personages
* Argus Panoptes (Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes.
* Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneu ...
, several characters in Greek mythology
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Argos (dog)
In Homer's ''Odyssey'', Argos (; grc-gre, Ἄργος) is Odysseus' faithful dog.
Background
After ten years of fighting in Troy, followed by ten more years struggling to get home to Ithaca, Odysseus finally arrives at his homeland. In his ab ...
, Odysseus' faithful dog in Homer's ''Odyssey''
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''Argos'' (radio program), a Dutch documentary series
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''Argos''-class patrol boat, a ship class of the Portuguese Navy
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Argos-Shimano
Team DSM () is a Dutch professional cycling team at UCI WorldTeam level. The team is managed by Iwan Spekenbrink.
History
The team was founded in 2005 under the name "Shimano-Memory Corp", sponsored by Skil and Shimano, and was based in the Neth ...
, a former cycling team
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Renault Argos
The Renault Argos was an open-top two-seater concept car created by Renault and was first shown at the 1994 Paris Motor Show. It was designed by Patrick Le Quément and was displayed purely as a design study with no performance figures issued.
Te ...
, a concept car
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Task Force Argos
Task Force Argos is a branch of the Queensland Police Service, responsible for the investigation of online child exploitation and abuse. Founded in 1997, the unit's original charter was to investigate institutional child abuse allegations arisin ...
, a branch of the Queensland Police Service
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Toronto Argonauts
The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos) are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL), based in Toronto, Ontario ...
or Argos, a Canadian Football League team
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Minister Argos
This is a list of characters from the anime and manga series ''Mazinger Z'', ''Great Mazinger'', ''Grendizer'', and ''Mazinkaiser'', as well as the '' Shin Mazinger'' reboot. It lists the main players of the plots as well as minor characters or ...
, a villain from the manga and anime ''Great Mazinger''
People with the surname
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Eddie Argos
Eddie Argos (born Kevin Macklin 25 October 1979) is the lead singer of English rock band Art Brut, and writer of comics.
Personal life
Born in Weymouth, England, Argos later moved to Poole, Dorset as a young child, and has subsequently writ ...
(born 1979), lead singer of English indie rock band Art Brut
See also
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Agros (disambiguation) Agros may refer to:
*Agros, Cyprus
Agros ( el, Αγρός) is a village built on the Troödos Mountains, in the region of Pitsilia, in southwest Cyprus, which has built amphitheatrically among high mountains at an altitude of 1100 metres w ...
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Argo (disambiguation)
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Argos Hill (disambiguation)
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Argosy (disambiguation)
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Argus (disambiguation)
Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word ''Argos''. It may refer to:
Greek mythology
* See Argus (Greek myth) for mythological characters named Argus
** Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe
** Argus (son of ...
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