Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word ''
Argos
Argos most often refers to:
* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
** Ancient Argos, the ancient city
* Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
Businesses
* ...
''. It may refer to:
Greek mythology
* See
Argus (Greek myth) for mythological characters named Argus
**
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 daughte ...
, son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe
**
Argus (son of Arestor)
In Greek mythology, Argus (; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος ''Argos'') 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 t ...
, builder of the ship ''Argo'' in the tale of the Argonauts
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Argus Panoptes
Argus or Argos Panoptes ( grc, Ἄργος Πανόπτης, All-seeing Argos) is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology.
Mythology
Argus Panoptes (), guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor and probably Mycene (in other version so ...
(Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes
**Argus, the eldest son of
Phrixus and Chalciope
**Argus, the son of
Phineus and
Danaë
In Greek mythology, Danaë (, ; ; , ) was an Argive princess and mother of the hero Perseus by Zeus. She was credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium during the Bronze Age.
Family
Danae was the daughter and only child of King Acris ...
, in a variant of the myth
**Argus or
Argos (dog), belonging to Odysseus
**Argus or
Argeus (king of Argos) In Greek mythology, Argeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀργεύς) was a king of Argos of the Abantiad Dynasty, the son of Megapenthes, and possibly the father of Anaxagoras.Pausanias, 2.18.4
Note
References
* Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσ ...
, son of Megapenthes
**Argus, one of
Actaeon
Actaeon (; grc, Ἀκταίων ''Aktaion''), in Greek mythology, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero. Like Achilles in a later generation, he was trained by the centaur Chiron.
He fell to ...
's dogs
**Argus, a watchful
guardian
Guardian usually refers to:
* Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another
* ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper
(The) Guardian(s) may also refer to:
Places
* Guardian, West Virginia, Unite ...
Arts and entertainment
Fictional entities
*
Argus (comics)
The following is a list of fictional government agencies, comic book organizations that have been published by DC Comics and their imprints.
A Agency
The Agency was formed by Amanda Waller to serve as a small, quasi-independent branch of Task ...
, in the DC Comics Universe
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Argus (''Mortal Kombat''), a deity
*
ARGUS (''Splinter Cell''), a military contractor
*
A.R.G.U.S.
A.R.G.U.S. is a government organization in DC Comics. A.R.G.U.S. first appeared in ''Justice League'' vol. 2 #7 and was created by Geoff Johns and Gene Ha.
Headed by Amanda Waller, A.R.G.U.S. is typically depicted as a parent organization for the ...
, a government agency in the DC Universe
*
Argus Filch
The following fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts 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 ha ...
, in the ''Harry Potter'' series
*Argus, a planet in the ''
Warcraft'' 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 by Japan Studio and Team Ico, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. It takes place in a fantasy setting and follows Wander, a young man who ente ...
''
*KNRB-0 Argus, a weapons platform in the game
''Vanquish''
*''The Manhattan Argus'', a newspaper in the film ''
The Hudsucker Proxy''
Games
*
''Argus'' (video game), a 1986 game by NMK
*''
Argus no Senshi
''Rygar'' is a video game created by Tecmo in 1986 and originally released for arcades in Japan as . It is a side-scrolling platform game where the player assumes the role as the "Legendary Warrior", battling through a hostile landscape. The m ...
'', 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 ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
''
Television
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"Argus" (''30 Rock''), a 2010 episode
*
''Argus'' (TV series), a Norwegian TV debate series that aired between 1993 and 1994
Businesses
*
Argus (camera company), 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, bi ...
, a business information company
*
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 British catalogue retailer
Places
Iran
*
Argus, Iran
Arjas ( fa, ارجاس, 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 Re ...
, a village in Kerman Province
Spain
*
Argos (river), a river in the region of Murcia
United States
*
Argus, California
Argus is an unincorporated community in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, in northwestern San Bernardino County, California. Argus is east-northeast of Ridgecrest.
Argus Cogeneration Plant
Argus was home to the last coal fired circul ...
, an unincorporated community
*
Argus, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
*
Argus Range
The Argus Range is a mountain range located in Inyo County, California, southeast of the town of Darwin, California, Darwin. The range forms the western boundary of Panamint Valley, and the northwestern boundary of Searles Valley. The Coso Range i ...
, a mountain range in Inyo County, California
Publishing
:''See
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'', C ...
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 Arg ...
'', 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 m ...
, a British publishing company
United States
*''
Barre Montpelier Times Argus
The ''Barre Montpelier Times Argus'' is a daily morning newspaper serving the capital region of Vermont. It was established in 1897. The newspaper claims that "80% of all adults in the Barre/Montpelier area read the Times Argus for local news, s ...
'', a daily morning newspaper serving the capital region of Vermont
*''
Carlsbad Current-Argus'', 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 D ...
'', a newspaper that covers Livingston County, Michigan
*''
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus'', 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. Owned by Gannett, it was the state's largest newspaper by total circulation until 2021 when it was surpassed by the ''Rapid City Journal'', according to statistics from the ...
'', 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
*''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, Ionic co ...
'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'', 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
The Argus finals systems were a set of related systems of end-of-season championship playoff tournament used commonly in Australian rules football competitions in the early part of the 20th century. The systems generally comprised a simple four-tea ...
, used in Australian rules football in the early 20th century
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Cape Argus Cycle Race
The Cape Town 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 Bike Series.
South Africa hosts some of the l ...
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. It has hundreds or thousands of tiny white spots on its plumage pattern, a ...
, pheasants from the genera ''Argusianus'' and ''Rheinartia''
*Argus butterflies, including:
**
Nymphalidae, e.g., ''Erebia'', ''Junonia''
**
Polyommatinae (Lycaenidae), e.g., as ''Aricia'', ''Plebeius'', ''Polyommatus''
**
Theclinae (Lycaenidae): the invalid genus ''Argus'' (described by Gerhard, 1850), now in ''Satyrium''
*
Argus monitor (''Varanus panoptes''), a species of lizard
*''
Scatophagus argus
''Scatophagus argus'', the spotted scat, butterfish, mia mia, spotted butterfish or tiger scat, is a species of fish in the scat family (biology), family Scatophagidae. It occurs in two basic color morph (zoology), morphs which are called green s ...
'', 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 group or family of small to large predatory marine gastropods in the s ...
'', a mollusk of the family Terebridae
Electronics and computing
*
Argus (monitoring software), a network and systems monitoring application
*
Argus (programming language), an extension of the CLU language
*
Argus - Audit Record Generation and Utilization System
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 Ar ...
, a network auditing system
*
Argus retinal prosthesis, a bionic eye implant manufactured by Second Sight
*
Ferranti Argus, a line of industrial control computers
*
ARGUS-IS, a surveillance system produced by BAE Systems
*
Honeywell ARGUS, a low-level computer programming language
*Oracle Argus Safety, a pharmacovigilance system from
Oracle Health Sciences
An oracle is a person or wikt:agency, agency considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophecy, prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by Deity, deities. As such, it is a form of divination ...
Other uses in science and technology
*
Argus (camera company), a brand of camera
*
Argus Coastal Monitoring {{more footnotes, date=July 2014
The use of video cameras to measure medium-term coastal processes was pioneered by Oregon State University in the late 1980s. Since the 1990s, OSU has collaborated with other universities and research institutes ar ...
, a video system for observing coastal processes and related phenomena
*
ARGUS distribution, a probability distribution used in particle physics
*
Argus Motoren, a German aircraft engine manufacturing firm
*
ARGUS reactor, a nuclear reactor at the Russian Kurchatov Institute
*
Operation Argus
Operation Argus was a series of United States low-yield, high-altitude nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted from 27 August to 9 September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean. The tests were performed by the Defense Nucle ...
, a 1958 US military effort to create orbital electron belts using atomic bombs
*
ARGUS (experiment)
ARGUS (A Russian-German-United States-Swedish Collaboration; later joined by Canada and the former Yugoslavia) was a particle physics experiment that ran at the electron–positron collider ring DORIS II at the German national laboratory DESY. ...
, a particle physics experiment at DESY
Vehicles
Types
*
Argus (automobile), a German automobile manufactured between 1901 and 1909
*Fairchild Argus, a British version of the
C-61 Forwarder
The Fairchild Model 24, also called the Fairchild Model 24 Argus and UC-61 Forwarder, is a four-seat, single-engine monoplane light transport aircraft designed by the Fairchild Aviation Corporation in the 1930s. It was adopted by the United Sta ...
transport aircraft
Named vessels
*
CP-107 ''Argus'', a Royal Canadian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft
*
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
*
SS Argus
The SS ''Argus'' was a steel-hulled Great Lakes freighter, that was constructed as the SS ''Lewis Woodruff'' by the American Ship Building Company, and was launched on 5 August 1905. Its original owner was the Gilchrist Transportation Company, ba ...
, a steel-hulled ship lost in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
See also
*
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'', C ...
, the name of several newspapers
*
Argos (disambiguation)
Argos most often refers to:
* Argos, Peloponnese, a city in Argolis, Greece
** Ancient Argos, the ancient city
* Argos (retailer), a catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Argos or ARGOS may also refer to:
Businesses
* ...
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