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Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word ''Argos (disambiguation), 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 Arestor), builder of the ship ''Argo'' in the tale of the Argonauts
**Argus Panoptes (Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes
**Argus, the eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope
**Argus, the son of Phineus (disambiguation), Phineus and Danaë, in a variant of the myth
**Argus or Argos (dog), belonging to Odysseus
**Argus or Argeus (king of Argos), son of Megapenthes
**Argus, one of Actaeon's dogs
**Argus, a watchful wikt:guardian, guardian

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

*Argus (comics), in the DC Comics Universe
*Argus (Mortal Kombat), Argus (''Mortal Kombat''), a deity
*ARGUS (Splinter Cell), ARGUS (''Splinter Cell''), a military contractor
*A.R.G.U.S., a government agency in the DC Universe
*Argus Filch, 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''
*KNRB-0 Argus, a weapons platform in the game Vanquish (video game), ''Vanquish''
*''The Manhattan Argus'', a newspaper in the film ''The Hudsucker Proxy''

Games

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

Music

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

Television

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

Businesses

*Argus (camera company), a camera manufacturer
*Argus Brewery, a brewing company located in Chicago, Illinois
*Argus Corporation, a Canadian holding company
*Argus Media, a business information company
*Argos (retailer), a British catalogue retailer

Places

Iran

*Argus, Iran, a village in Kerman Province

Spain

*Argos (river), a river in the region of Murcia

United States

*Argus, California, an unincorporated community
*Argus, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
*Argus Range, a mountain range in Inyo County, California

Publishing

:''See The Argus (disambiguation) for publications named "The Argus"''

United Kingdom

*The Argus (Brighton), ''The Argus'' (Brighton), a newspaper serving Brighton and Hove, England; a member of the Newsquest Media Group
*''South Wales Argus'', published in Newport, South Wales; a member of the Newsquest Media Group
*Argus Press, a British publishing company

United States

*''Barre Montpelier Times Argus'', a daily morning newspaper serving the capital region of Vermont
*''Carlsbad Current-Argus'', a New Mexico newspaper
*''Livingston County Daily Press & Argus'', 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'', 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's school newspaper

Elsewhere

*The Argus (Dundalk), ''The Argus'' (Dundalk), a newspaper serving Dundalk, Ireland; a member of the Independent News & Media group also known as Independent.ie
*The Argus (Melbourne), ''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
*''Independent News & Media#Ireland, 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 in South Africa, colloquially referred to as "The Argus"

Science and technology

Biology

*Argus (bird), 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'', a species of fish of the family Scatophagidae
*''Terebra argus'', 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, 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

Other uses in science and technology

*Argus (camera company), 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, a German aircraft engine manufacturing firm
*Aqueous homogeneous reactor#The ARGUS reactor, 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

Vehicles

Types

*Argus (automobile), a German automobile manufactured between 1901 and 1909
*Fairchild Argus, a British version of the C-61 Forwarder transport aircraft

Named vessels

*CP-107 Argus, CP-107 ''Argus'', a Royal Canadian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft
*French brig Argus (1800), French brig ''Argus'' (1800), a French naval ship that took part in the Battle of Trafalgar
*HMS Argus, HMS ''Argus'', the name of many ships in the British Royal Navy
*RFA Argus (A135), RFA ''Argus'' (A135), a 1981 Primary Casualty Receiving Ship in Britain's Royal Fleet Auxiliary
*USS Argus, USS ''Argus'', various ships of the United States Navy
*SS Argus, a steel-hulled ship lost in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913

See also

*The Argus (disambiguation), the name of several newspapers
*Argos (disambiguation)

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