Argus

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

Greek mythology

Argus (mythology), several figures from Greek mythology, including:
- Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe
- Argus (Argonaut), builder of the ship in the tale of the Argonauts
- Argus Panoptes (Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes
- Argos (dog), faithful hunting dog of Odysseus

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

Argus (comics), 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, 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
The Manhattan Argus, a newspaper in the film The Hudsucker Proxy
Argus, a major city in Mistral, a kingdom from the RWBY series

Games

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

Music

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

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), a camera manufacturer
Argus Brewery, a brewing company 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), 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), 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
Telegraph and Argus, a newspaper serving Bradford and surrounding areas

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), 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, 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

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, 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

Vehicles

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, 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 US Navy
Argus, a steel-hulled ship lost in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913

Other vehicles

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

Argus

Greek mythology

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

Games

Music

Television

Businesses

Places

Iran

Spain

United States

Publishing

United Kingdom

United States

Elsewhere

Sport

Science and technology

Biology

Electronics and computing

Other uses in science and technology

Vehicles

Aircraft

Named vessels

Other vehicles

See also