Argus
Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word Argos. It may mean:
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 and Danaƫ, in a rare variant of the myth in which she and her two sons (the other being Argeus) travel to Italy
- Argus or Argos (dog), the faithful dog of Odysseus
- Argus or Argeus (king of Argos), the son of Megapenthes
- Argus, one of Actaeon's dogs
- Argus, a watchful guardian
Arts and entertainment
Gaming
- ARGUS (Splinter Cell), a fictional private military contractor in the Splinter Cell series
- Argus (video game), a 1986 Famicom game by NMK
- Argus no Senshi, the original Japanese title for the arcade game Rygar
- Argus, a fictional planet in the Warcraft computer game franchise
- The KNRB-0 Argus, an autonomous weapons platform in the video game Vanquish
- Argus, a hero in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Music
- Argus (album), a 1972 album by Wishbone Ash
- "The Argus", a song by Ween from the album Quebec
Other media
- "Argus" (30 Rock), a 2010 episode in the TV comedy series
- Argus (comics), a fictional character in the DC Comics Universe
- Argus (Mortal Kombat), a fictional deity in the series
- Argus (TV series), a Norwegian TV debate series that aired between 1993 and 1994
- A.R.G.U.S., a fictional government agency in the DC Universe
- Argus Filch, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
- The Manhattan Argus, a fictional newspaper in the 1994 Coen brothers film, The Hudsucker Proxy
Businesses
- Argus (camera company), a camera manufacturer
- Argus Brewery, a brewing company located in the historic Pullman District in Chicago, Illinois
- Argus Corporation, a Canadian holding company once controlled by Conrad Black
- Argus Media Ltd, 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
- 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
Publishing
- See The Argus (disambiguation) 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, published in Newport, South Wales; a member of the Newsquest Media Group
- Argus Press, a British publishing company
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, a set of tournament systems used in Australian rules football finals series in the early 20th century
- Cape Argus Cycle Race, a major cycling event 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 designed for distributed systems
- 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 wide-area surveillance system produced by BAE Systems
- 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
- ARGUS reactor, an aqueous homogeneous nuclear reactor at the Russian Kurchatov Institute
- Operation Argus, a 1958 US military effort to create orbital electron belts using atomic bombs
Vehicles
Types
- Argus (automobile), a German automobile manufactured between 1901 and 1909
- Fairchild Argus, a British version of the C-61 Forwarder light military 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, a steel hulled ship lost in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913
Related pages
- The Argus (disambiguation), the name of many newspapers
- Argos (disambiguation)