Argos
Argos (ancient Greek Ἄργος , probably meaning "bright", initially stressed in contrast to the final stressed ἀργός "sluggish") stands for:
Places in ancient geography:
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Argos (city) , capital of Argolis and a center of Mycenaean culture
- Titular diocese Argos , Roman Catholic titular diocese going back to this city
- Argos Amphilochikon , ancient city on the Ambracian Gulf in Acarnania
- Argos Hippium , see Arpi
- Argos Ippatum , place in Epirus
- Argos Orestikon , place in Macedonia
- Argos Pelasgikon , Homeric city or region in Thessaly
Places:
- Argos-Mycenae , municipality in the Argolis in Greece
- Argos Orestiko , city and municipality in Macedonia
- Argos (Indiana) , town in Marshall County, United States
- Argos (California) , town in San Bernardino County, United States
- Argos (Verzée) , river in France, Pays de la Loire region, tributary of the Verzée
- Argos Wash , flowing water in San Bernardino County, California
Figures of Greek mythology:
- Argos (king) , son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus
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Argos (giant) ( Panoptes , the all-seer), a huge monster with a hundred (or numerous) eyes all over its body
- from this also the expression of the eagle eyes
- Argos (son of Neoptolemus)
- Argos (dog) , the dog of Odysseus
- Argos (Argonaut) , the builder of the ship Argo, with which the Argonauts were looking for the Golden Fleece
- Argos (son of Phrixus) , grandson of Aietes, helper of the Argonauts; according to another version builder of the Argo
- a son of Jason and Medea
Also:
- Argos (location) , a satellite-based location system
- Argos (ship) , a Swedish fisheries research vessel
- Argos (spectrometer) , a new FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) spectrometer, developed at the Astronomical Institute of ETH Zurich. It is used to observe molecular spectral lines in the radio range
- Argos (literary magazine) , a literary journal that gathers contributions on the life, work and posterity of the poet Peter Hacks.
- Argos (Brussels) , the Center for Art and Media in Brussels
- Argos (band) , a German Canterbury band
- Argos (album) , a music album by the band Argos
- Argos Retail Group , a British retail group
- Cementos Argos SA , a Colombian building materials group
- Argos Oil , a Dutch oil company, merged with Varo Energy in September 2015
- Argos-Shimano , a cycling team sponsored by Argos Oil
- Renault Argos , a concept car produced by Renault in 1994
ARGOS means:
- the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite
- the Advanced Rocketry Group of Switzerland , a Swiss model rocket association
See also:
