Argus Explained

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 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 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 guardian

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
• 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

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

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 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), 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

• 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, 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
• 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)