Argus (disambiguation)
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Mythology
- Argus PanoptesArgus PanoptesIn Greek mythology, Argus Panoptes or Argos, guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor, was a primordial giant whose epithet "Panoptes", "all-seeing", led to his being described with multiple, often one hundred, eyes. The epithet Panoptes was applied to the Titan of the Sun, Helios, and...
(Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes. - Argus-PelasgusPelasgusIn Greek mythology, Pelasgus was the eponymous ancestor of the Pelasgians, the mythical inhabitants of Greece who established the worship of the Dodonaean Zeus, Hephaestus, the Cabeiri, and other divinities. In the different parts of the country once occupied by Pelasgians, there existed...
, son of ZeusZeusIn the ancient Greek religion, Zeus was the "Father of Gods and men" who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and his Etruscan counterpart is Tinia.Zeus was the child of Cronus...
(or PhoroneusPhoroneusIn Greek mythology, Phoroneus was a culture-hero of the Argolid, fire-bringer, primordial king of Argos and son of the river god Inachus and either Melia, the primordial ash-tree nymph or Argia, the embodiment of the Argolid itself: "Inachus, son of Oceanus, begat Phoroneus by his sister Argia,"...
) and Niobe; succeeded Phoroneus as King of Argos - Argus, son of Arestor, builder of the ship ArgoArgoIn Greek mythology, the Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to retrieve the Golden Fleece. It was named after its builder, Argus.-Legend:...
in the tale of the Argonauts - Argus, the eldest son of PhrixusPhrixusIn Greek mythology, Phrixus or Frixos or Phryxus was the son of Athamas, king of Boiotia, and Nephele . His twin sister Helle and he were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all of Boeotia's crop seeds so they would not grow. The local...
and Chalciope. Argus and his brothers set out to return to their grandfather's kingdom of Orchomenus, but were shipwrecked and rescued by the Argonauts - Argus, the son of Phineus (or PhineasPhineasIn Greek mythology, Phineas was a Phoenician King of Thrace.The name 'Phineas' or 'Phineus' may be associated with the ancient city of Phinea on the Thracian Bosphorus.-Phineas, Son of Agenor:...
) and Danaë, in a rare variant of the myth in which she and her two sons (the other being Argeus) travel to Italy - A variant spelling of Argos (dog)Argos (dog)In Homer's the Odyssey, Argos is Odysseus' faithful dog. After twenty years struggling to get home to Ithaca, Odysseus finally arrives at his homeland. In his absence, reckless suitors have taken over his house in hopes of marrying his wife Penelope...
, the faithful dog of Odysseus - A variant spelling of Argeus (king of Argos)Argeus (king of Argos)Argeus was a mythological king of Argos in Ancient Greece, the son of Megapenthes, and possibly the father of Anaxagoras....
, the son of Megapenthes, and possibly the father of Anaxagoras.
Technology
- Argus (automobile)Argus (automobile)The Argus was a German automobile manufactured by Internationale Automobilzentrale KG Jeannin & Co from 1902 to 1904, then Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft Jeannin & Co from 1904 to 1906, and then Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft m.b.H...
, German automobile manufactured between 1901 and 1909 - Argus (camera company)Argus (camera company)Argus is an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation , founded by Charles Verschoor. Its best-known product was the C3 rangefinder camera, which enjoyed a 27-year production...
, brand of camera - Argus (monitoring software), network and systems monitoring application
- Argus (programming language)Argus (programming language)Argus is a programming language created at MIT by Barbara Liskov between 1982 and 1988, in collaboration with Maurice Herlihy, Paul Johnson, Robert Scheifler, and William Weihl. It is an extension of the CLU language, and utilizes most of the same syntax and semantics...
, an extension of the CLU language, designed for distributed systems - Argus MotorenArgus MotorenArgus Motoren was a German manufacturing firm known for their series of small inverted-V engines and the V-1 pulse jet engine.-History:...
, German aircraft engine manufacturing firm - ARGUS Software, commercial real estate appraisal, valuation and transaction software company
- Audit Record Generation and Utilization SystemAudit Record Generation and Utilization SystemAudit Record Generation and Utilization System is a fixed-model real-time flow monitor designed to track and report on the status and performance of all network transactions seen in a data network traffic stream, doing that by that categorizing IP packets which match the Boolean expression into a...
, fixed-model real-time flow monitor - The ARGUS reactor, aqueous homogeneous nuclear reactor at the Russian Research Centre, Kurchatov Institute
- Ferranti ArgusFerranti ArgusFerranti's Argus computers were a line of industrial control computers offered from the 1960s into the 1980s. They were widely used in a variety of roles in Europe, particularly in the UK where they continue to serve as monitoring and control systems for nuclear reactors.-Original series:The...
, line of industrial control computers - Argus, a type of retinal prosthesis
- ARGUS-ISARGUS-ISThe ARGUS-IS, or the Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System, is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency project contracted to BAE Systems. According to DARPA:...
, a wide area surveillance system produced by BAE SystemsBAE SystemsBAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, that has global interests, particularly in North America through its subsidiary BAE Systems Inc. BAE is among the world's largest military contractors; in 2009 it was the...
, featuring a 1.8 Gigapixel camera - ARGUSOPS, a high tech security solutions and technology company based in Mumbai, India
Entertainment
- Argus (heavy metal rock band)
- Argus (album)Argus (album)Argus is the third album by the rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the most popular Wishbone Ash album and widely considered their greatest by fans and reviewers. It was named "Album of the Year" in the 1972 year-end issue of Sounds magazine...
, 1972 album by Wishbone Ash - "The Argus", song by WeenWeenWeen is an American alternative rock group. They formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when central members Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. Ween has a large cult underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in American pop music...
on the album Quebec - Argus (comics)Argus (comics)Argus is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared during the Bloodlines crossover event in Flash Annual v2, #6 , and was created by Mark Waid and Phil Hester.-Fictional character biography:...
, fictional character who has associated with The Flash in the DC comics universe - Argus Filch, fictional character in the Harry Potter series
- "ArgusArgus (30 Rock)"Argus" is the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 77th overall episode of the series. It was written by 30 Rock producers Dylan Morgan, Paula Pell, and Josh Siegal. The episode was directed by co-executive producer and show composer...
", an episode in the TV comedy series 30 Rock30 Rock30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live... - Argus, deity of the Mortal Kombat series
- ARGUS (Splinter Cell), private military contractor of the Splinter Cell series
- Argus, the ancestral homeland of the Eredar race in fictional WarcraftWarcraftWarcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game , developed by Blizzard Entertainment and published by Blizzard and Interplay Entertainment. The MS-DOS version was released in November 1994 and the Macintosh version in late 1996. Sales were fairly high, reviewers were mostly impressed, and the...
Universe - Argus, the 15th colossus from the video game Shadow of the ColossusShadow of the ColossusShadow of the Colossus, released in Japan as , is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in North America and Japan in October 2005 and PAL territories in February 2006...
- Argus, model of Mech in the BattletechBattleTechBattleTech is a wargaming and science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2000, and owned since 2003 by Topps. The series began with FASA's debut of the board game BattleTech by Jordan Weisman and L...
universe and makes one of its first appearances in Mechwarrior 4 - "Argus (or "Argos") no Senshi", the original Japanese title for Rygar (arcade game)
- Argus, prototype-only arcade video game by Gottlieb also known as ProtectorProtector (arcade game)Protector was a videogame developed by Tom Malinowski with artwork by Q-bert's Jeff Lee for the arcade game company Gottlieb. It was also known by numerous other names during its development and test including Argus and Videoman....
- Argus, a Notorious Monster in the Final Fantasy XI MMORPG
- Argus Midwood High SchoolMidwood High SchoolMidwood High School, at Brooklyn College, is a public, urban, co-ed high school located on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City.Midwood High School was for many years the recipient of multiple accolades because of its competitive educational programs and for the achievements of its students...
's school newspaper.
Military
- CP-107 Argus, a Royal Canadian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft
- HMS ArgusHMS ArgusNine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Argus, after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology: was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French privateer, captured in 1799 and broken up in 1811....
, one of many ships of the British Royal Navy - RFA Argus (A135)RFA Argus (A135)RFA Argus is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, part of the Royal Navy. Italian-built, Argus was formerly the container ship MV Contender Bezant. The ship was requisitioned in 1982 for service in the Falklands War and purchased outright in 1984 for use as an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA...
, an aviation training ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - USS Argus (1803)USS Argus (1803)The first USS Argus was a brig in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.Argus was laid down as Merrimack on 12 May 1803 at Boston, Massachusetts, by Edmund Hartt; renamed Argus on 4 June 1803; and launched on 21 August 1803.-First Barbary War:Though no document...
, a brig of the United States Navy - Fairchild Argus, a British version of the C-61 ForwarderC-61 ForwarderThe Fairchild Model 24, was a four-seat, single-engine monoplane light transport aircraft that was used by the United States Army Air Corps as the UC-61 and by the Royal Air Force...
light military transport aircraft
Publishing
- The Cape ArgusCape ArgusFounded in 1857 by Saul Solomon, the Cape Argus is a daily newspaper published by Independent News & Media in Cape Town, South Africa. It is commonly referred to simply as "The Argus"....
newspaper printed in Cape Town, South Africa - Argus PressArgus PressArgus Press is a British publishing company. It was acquired by British Electric Traction in 1966, and became the publishing arm of that company.-Argus Newspapers:...
, a British publishing company - The Glasgow Argus, a former Scottish newspaper
- The Argus newspaper of Albany, New York, which long functioned as the organ of the Albany RegencyAlbany RegencyThe Albany Regency was a group of politicians who controlled the New York state government between 1822 and 1838. The group was among the first American political machines...
- The Dispatch / The Rock Island ArgusThe Dispatch / The Rock Island ArgusThe Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus are daily morning newspapers based in Moline, Illinois, and circulated throughout the Quad City metropolitan area of Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Rock Island County in Illinois; and Davenport, Bettendorf and Scott County in Iowa.The newspapers are owned...
, American newspaper that covers the Quad CitiesQuad CitiesThe Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline , are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2010, had an estimated population of...
in IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and IowaIowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New... - The Argus Leader American newspaper that covers Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Other fields
- Argus (bird)Argus (bird)The Argus is a type of bird in the family Phasianidae and is closely related to pheasants and peafowl. It has hundreds or thousands of tiny white spots on its plumage pattern, and thus its naming might have been in reference to the mythical hundred-eyed giant argus or Argus Panoptes.There are two...
, pheasants from the genera Argusianus and Rheinartia - Argus butterflies can be
- NymphalidaeNymphalidaeThe Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
, e.g. Erebia, Junonia - PolyommatinaePolyommatinaePolyommatinae, the blues, are a subfamily of gossamer-winged butterflies . It was long used to assign taxa of unclear relationships, and its contents are in need of revision...
(Lycaenidae), e.g. as Aricia, Plebeius, Polyommatus - TheclinaeTheclinaeSubfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, including the hairstreaks, elfins and allies, in the family Lycaenidae. There are many tropical species as well as a number found in the Americas. Tropical hairstreaks often have iridescent blue coloration above, caused by reflected light from the...
(Lycaenidae): the invalid genus Argus (described by Gerhard, 1850), now in Satyrium
- Nymphalidae
- Argus (described by Bohadsch in 1761): a gastropod genus in the family Discodoridae
- Argus Corporation, large Canadian holding company once controlled by Conrad Black
- Argus distribution, a probability distribution used in particle physics
- Argus monitorArgus monitorThe Argus monitor is a monitor lizard found in northern regions of Australia and southern New Guinea. It is also commonly known as the Yellow-spotted Monitor....
, (Varanus panoptes) a species of lizard - Argus Media LtdArgus Media LtdArgus Media Ltd is a leading independent provider of price information, market data and business intelligence for the global petroleum, natural gas, electricity, emissions, biofuels, biomass, LPG and coal industries....
, independent global provider of energy sector price information, market data and business intelligence. - Argus (automobile)Argus (automobile)The Argus was a German automobile manufactured by Internationale Automobilzentrale KG Jeannin & Co from 1902 to 1904, then Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft Jeannin & Co from 1904 to 1906, and then Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft m.b.H...
- Argus (camera company)Argus (camera company)Argus is an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation , founded by Charles Verschoor. Its best-known product was the C3 rangefinder camera, which enjoyed a 27-year production...
- Argus (monitoring software)
- Argus (arcade game)Argus (arcade game)Argus is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by NMK in 1986, licensed to Jaleco. One controls a fighter jet and shoot enemies in the air and on the ground, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance levels. One button is used to shoot missiles and the other is used to...
- Argus (TV show)Argus (TV show)Argus was a Norwegian debate show hosted by Mona Høiness, that aired on TV3.In the summer of 1993 Høiness threatened to quit her job as a host in protest of TV3 airing the show Bikini, an American show featuring scantily-clad women on a podium surrounded by cheering men. Høiness didn't want that...
- Cape Argus Cycle RaceCape Argus Cycle RaceThe Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour is an annual cycle race hosted in Cape Town, South Africa, usually 109 km long. It is the first event outside Europe to be included in the International Cycling Union's Golden Bike Series.The race is one of South Africa's three 'largest sporting events' in...
, a major cycling event in South Africa, colloquially referred to as The Argus - Operation ArgusOperation ArgusOperation Argus was a series of nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted during August and September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean by the United States's Defense Nuclear Agency, in conjunction with the Explorer 4 space mission. Operation Argus was conducted between the...
, a 1958 test to create electron belts using atomic bombs - two systems for determining the Premiers of the Victorian Football League's competition in 1901, and from 1902 to 1930 respectively
- Original Argus system
- Amended Argus system,
- ARGUSOPS, ARGUS SECUREOPS Pvt. Ltd., a high tech security solutions and technology company based in Mumbai, India
See also
- Argos (disambiguation)Argos (disambiguation)-Greece:*Argos, a city in the northeast Peloponnese, which shares this name with several smaller towns:** Argos Pelasgikon in Thessaly** Amphilochian Argos, an ancient settlement in Amphilochia** Argos Ippaton, an ancient settlement in Epirus...
- The Argus (disambiguation), the name of several newspapers