Argus

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

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

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

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"

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