Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word '' Argos''. It may refer to:

Greek mythology

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 Phoroneus ...

, various mythological characters, including: **

Argus (king of Argos) In Greek mythology, Argus (; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος ''Argos'') was the king and eponym of Argos. Family He was a son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus, and was possibly the brother of Pelasgus. Argus married either Evadne, the d ...

, son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe **

Argus (son of Arestor) In Greek mythology, Argus ( ; ) was the builder and eponym of the ship ''Argo'', and consequently one of the Argonauts; he was said to have constructed the ship under Athena's guidance. Argus was commissioned to build the Argo by Pelias, King Pe ...

, builder of the ship in the tale of the Argonauts **

Argus Panoptes Argus or Argos Panoptes (, "All-seeing Argos") is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. Known for his perpetual vigilance, he served the goddess Hera as a watchman. His most famous task was guarding Io, a priestess of Hera, whom Zeus had transf ...

(Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes **Argus, the eldest son of

Phrixus In Greek mythology Phrixus (; also spelt Phryxus; means "standing on end, bristling") was the son of Athamas, king of Boeotia, and Nephele (a goddess of clouds). He was the older brother of Helle (mythology), Helle and the father of Argus (Gree ...

and Chalciope **

Argos (dog) In Homer's ''Odyssey'', Argos (; ), sometimes referred to as Argus, is the legendary faithful dog of Odysseus. Bred to be a hunting dog before Odysseus leaves for the Trojan War, Argos is neglected after Odysseus is presumed dead. Twenty year ...

, faithful hunting dog of Odysseus ** Argeus (king of Argos), son of Megapenthes

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

Argus (comics) While smith Whisper A'Daire is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. She was created by Greg Rucka and Shawn Martinbrough, and first appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #743 (April 2000). Whisper is an ope ...

, in the DC Comics Universe * Argus (''Mortal Kombat''), a deity * ARGUS (''Splinter Cell''), a military contractor * A.R.G.U.S., a government agency in the DC Universe *

Argus Filch The following is a list of Hogwarts staff in the ''Harry Potter'' books written by J. K. Rowling. The staff and their positions Teachers and staff members The following teachers and staff members do not have their own articles or are not ...

, in the ''Harry Potter'' series *Argus, a planet in the ''

Warcraft ''Warcraft'' is a franchise of video games, novels, and other media created by Blizzard Entertainment. The series is made up of six core games: '' Warcraft: Orcs & Humans'', '' Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness'', '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos ...

'' franchise *Argus, a hero in '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' *Argus, in the video game ''

Shadow of the Colossus ''Shadow of the Colossus'' is a 2005 action-adventure game developed and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who enters an isolated and abandoned r ...

'' *KNRB-0 Argus, a weapons platform in the game ''Vanquish'' *''The Manhattan Argus'', a newspaper in the film ''

The Hudsucker Proxy ''The Hudsucker Proxy'' is a 1994 screwball comedy film co-written, produced, and directed by the Coen brothers. Sam Raimi co-wrote the script and served as second unit director. The film stars Tim Robbins as a naïve but ambitious business sch ...

'' *Argus, a major city in Mistral, a kingdom from the ''

RWBY ''RWBY'' (pronounced "Ruby") is an American Anime-influenced animation, animated web series created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth. It is set in the fictional world of Remnant, where young people train to become warriors ("Huntsmen" and "Huntres ...

'' series

Games

* ''Argus'' (video game), a 1986 game by NMK *'' Argus no Senshi'', the original Japanese title for the arcade game ''Rygar''

Music

* ''Argus'' (album), a 1972 album by Wishbone Ash *"The Argus", a song by Ween from the album ''

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

Television

* "Argus" (''30 Rock''), a 2010 episode * ''Argus'' (TV series), a Norwegian TV debate series that aired between 1993 and 1994

Businesses

Argus (camera company) Argus was an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation (IRC), founded by Charles Verschoor. History The International ...

, a camera manufacturer *

Argus Brewery Argus Brewery was a brewing company located on the south side of Chicago, at the edge of the Roseland community and the historic Pullman District. Founded in 2009, the brewery produced beer for multiple Chicago restaurants as well as its own sel ...

, a brewing company located in Chicago, Illinois *

Argus Corporation The Argus Corporation was an investment holding company based in Toronto, Ontario. During the 1960s and 1970s, it was the most powerful and best known conglomerate in Canada, at one time controlling the companies making up 10 percent of all shar ...

, a Canadian holding company *

Argus Media Argus (formerly known as Petroleum Argus Ltd) is an independent provider of price information, consultancy services, conferences, market data and business intelligence for the global petroleum, natural gas, electricity, emissions, biofuels, biom ...

, a business information company *

Argos (retailer) Argos Limited is a British retailer operating in the United Kingdom online and through catalogues, and formerly in Ireland; it was acquired by British supermarket chain Sainsbury's J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British sup ...

, a British catalogue retailer

Places

Iran

Argus, Iran Arjas (, also Romanized as Arjās; also known as Argus, Arjāsb, and Ugāsin) is a village in Khenaman Rural District, in the Central District of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IR ...

, a village in Kerman Province

Spain

Argos (river) The Argos is a river in the region of Murcia, Spain. It is a tributary of the river Segura. It starts in Caravaca de la Cruz, runs through Cehegín, Valentin, and joins the Segura in Calasparra Calasparra () is a municipality in the auton ...

, a river in the region of Murcia

United States

* Argus, California, an unincorporated community * Argus, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community *

Argus Range The Argus Range is a mountain range located primarily in Inyo County, California, southeast of the town of Darwin. The range forms the western boundary of Panamint Valley, and the northwestern boundary of Searles Valley. The Coso Range is loc ...

, a mountain range in Inyo County, California

Publishing

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The Argus (disambiguation) ''The Argus'' may refer to: Publications Australia * ''The Argus'' (Melbourne), a defunct newspaper in Melbourne, Australia * ''The Northern Argus'', the original name of ''The Evening News'' (Rockhampton), Queensland * '' The Northern Argus'', ...

for publications named "The Argus"''

United Kingdom

* ''The Argus'' (Brighton), a newspaper serving Brighton and Hove, England; a member of the Newsquest Media Group *''

South Wales Argus The ''South Wales Argus'' is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Newport, South Wales. ''The Argus'' is distributed in Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, and Torfaen. History The paper was founded as the ''South Wales Argu ...

'', published in Newport, South Wales; a member of the Newsquest Media Group *

Argus Press Argus Press was a British publishing company. It was acquired by British Electric Traction (BET) in 1966, and became the publishing arm of that company. It was the subject of one of the most hotly contested management buyouts of the 1980s when a ...

, a British publishing company *

Telegraph and Argus The ''Telegraph & Argus'' is the daily newspaper for Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is published six times each week, from Monday to Saturday inclusive. The newspaper has offices in Newhall Way, Bradford, from where its journalists work ...

, a newspaper serving

Bradford Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in West Yorkshire, England. It became a municipal borough in 1847, received a city charter in 1897 and, since the Local Government Act 1972, 1974 reform, the city status in the United Kingdo ...

and surrounding areas.

United States

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Barre Montpelier Times Argus The ''Barre Montpelier Times Argus'' is a daily newspaper serving the capital region of Vermont. The circulation area includes Washington, Orange, Lamoille, Addison, Caledonia, and parts of Chittenden, Franklin, Orleans and Windsor coun ...

'', a daily morning newspaper serving the capital region of Vermont *''

Carlsbad Current-Argus The ''Carlsbad Current-Argus'' is a newspaper in Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States.Jeff Sumner, ''Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media: New Jersey - Wyoming- Canada'', Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale Group, 2001, p. 121/ref>Pear ...

'', a New Mexico newspaper *''

Livingston County Daily Press & Argus ''The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus'' is a daily newspaper published in Howell, Michigan and owned by Gannett. It covers news and sports within Livingston County and had offices in both Howell and Brighton. The Brighton office closed in ...

'', a newspaper that covers Livingston County, Michigan *''

The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus ''The Dispatch–Argus'' is a daily morning newspaper in Davenport, Iowa, and circulated primarily throughout the Illinois side of the Quad Cities — Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island County, but also for sale in retail establis ...

'', American newspaper that covers the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa *''

Argus Leader The ''Argus Leader'' is the daily newspaper of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It is the largest newspaper by total circulation in South Dakota. It is owned by Gannett and part of the USA Today Network. History The ''Argus Leader'' traces its h ...

'', American newspaper that covers Sioux Falls, South Dakota *''Argus'', a newspaper in Albany, New York, which long functioned as the organ of the

Albany Regency The Albany Regency was a group of politicians who controlled the New York state government between 1822 and 1838. Originally called the "Holy Alliance", it was instituted by Martin Van Buren, who remained its dominating spirit for many years. The ...

*''Argus'',

Midwood High School Midwood High School is a high school located at 2839 Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City, administered by the New York City Department of Education. It has an enrollment of 3,938 students. Its H-shaped building, with six Ionic order, Ioni ...

's school newspaper

Elsewhere

* ''The Argus'' (Dundalk), a newspaper serving Dundalk, Ireland; a member of the Independent News & Media group also known as Independent.ie * ''The Argus'' (Melbourne), former Australian newspaper of record, established in 1846 and closed in 1957 *''

Cape Argus The ''Cape Argus'' is a daily newspaper co-founded in 1857 by Saul Solomon and published by Sekunjalo in Cape Town, South Africa. It is commonly referred to as ''The Argus''. Although not the first English-language newspaper in South Africa ...

'', a newspaper printed in Cape Town, South Africa *'' Weekend Argus'', a newspaper in South Africa, owned by Independent News & Media *'' Goondiwindi Argus'', a newspaper in Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia, owned by Fairfax Media

Sport

* Argus finals system, used in Australian rules football in the early 20th century *

Cape Argus Cycle Race The Cape Town Cycle Tour, formerly known as the Cape Argus Cycle Tour, is an annual cycle race hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, usually long. It is the first event outside Europe to be included in the Union Cycliste Internationale's Golden ...

in South Africa, colloquially referred to as "The Argus"

Science and technology

Biology

Argus (bird) An argus, or argus pheasant, is a member of a clade in the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae, containing two species of bird that are closely related to peafowl. Description It has hundreds or thousands of tiny white spots on its plumag ...

, pheasants from the genera ''Argusianus'' and ''Rheinartia'' *Argus butterflies, including: **

Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species ha ...

, e.g., ''Erebia'', ''Junonia'' **

Polyommatinae Polyommatinae, the blues, are a diverse subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae). This subfamily of butterfly was discovered in 1775. These butterflies have been considered one of the poorest studied groups within the family Ly ...

(Lycaenidae), e.g., as ''Aricia'', ''Plebeius'', ''Polyommatus'' **

Theclinae The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropi ...

(Lycaenidae): the invalid genus ''Argus'' (described by Gerhard, 1850), now in ''Satyrium'' * Argus monitor (''Varanus panoptes''), a species of lizard *'' Scatophagus argus'', a species of fish of the family Scatophagidae *''

Terebra argus ''Terebra argus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae The Terebridae, commonly referred to as auger shells or auger snails, is a Family (biology), family of predatory marine (ocean), marine gastropod ...

'', a mollusk of the family Terebridae

Electronics and computing

* Argus (monitoring software), a network and systems monitoring application *

Argus (programming language) Argus is a programming language created at MIT by Barbara Liskov between 1982 and 1988, in collaboration with Maurice Herlihy, Paul Johnson, Robert Scheifler, and William Weihl. It is an extension of the CLU language, and utilizes most of the s ...

, an extension of the CLU language * Argus - Audit Record Generation and Utilization System, a network auditing system * Argus retinal prosthesis, a bionic eye implant manufactured by Second Sight *

Ferranti Argus Ferranti's Argus computers were a line of industrial control computers offered from the 1960s into the 1980s. Originally designed for a military role, a re-packaged Argus was the first digital computer to be used to directly control an entire fact ...

, a line of industrial control computers * ARGUS-IS, a surveillance system produced by BAE Systems * Honeywell ARGUS, a low-level computer programming language

Other uses in science and technology

, a brand of camera * Argus Coastal Monitoring, a video system for observing coastal processes and related phenomena * ARGUS distribution, a probability distribution used in particle physics *

Argus Motoren ''Argus Motoren'' was a German manufacturing firm known for their series of small inverted-V engines and the Argus As 014 pulsejet for the V-1 flying bomb. History Started in Berlin in 1906 as a Argus (automobile), subsidiary of Henri Jeannin's a ...

, a German aircraft engine manufacturing firm * ARGUS reactor, a nuclear reactor at the Russian Kurchatov Institute * Operation Argus, a 1958 US military effort to create orbital electron belts using atomic bombs * ARGUS (experiment), a particle physics experiment at DESY *Project Argus, a project to

search for extraterrestrial intelligence The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (usually shortened as SETI) is an expression that refers to the diverse efforts and scientific projects intended to detect extraterrestrial signals, or any evidence of intelligent life beyond Earth. ...

Vehicles

* Argus (automobile), a German automobile manufactured between 1901 and 1909

Aircraft

*Fairchild Argus, a British version of the UC-61 Forwarder transport aircraft * Canadair CP-107 Argus, a Royal Canadian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft *

Saab 340 AEW&C The Saab 340 AEW&C is a Swedish airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. A variant of the Saab 340 aircraft, it is designated S 100B Argus by the Swedish Air Force. Radar Compared to the traditional circular radar on AWACS planes ...

, designated the S 100B Argus by the Swedish Air Force

Named vessels

* French brig ''Argus'' (1800), a French naval ship that took part in the Battle of Trafalgar * HMS ''Argus'', the name of many ships in the British Royal Navy * RFA ''Argus'' (A135), a 1981 Primary Casualty Receiving Ship in Britain's Royal Fleet Auxiliary * USS ''Argus'', various ships of the United States Navy * ''Argus'', a steel-hulled ship lost in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913

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Aircraft

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See also