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Argos may refer to:
[edit] Places
[edit] Greece
- Argos, a city in the northeast Peloponnese, which shares this name with several smaller towns:
[edit] Outside Greece
[edit] In Greek mythology
- Argus (Argos), the son of Zeus and Niobe; Zeus' first child by a mortal
- Argos (dog), the hero Odysseus' faithful dog in Homer's Odyssey
- Argus Panoptes, a hundred-eyed giant who guarded Io
- Argos, the son of Jason and Medea
- Argos, the shipwright who built the Argo, on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed
[edit] Other uses
- P91-1 ARGOS or the Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite, US Air Force research and development space mission
- Argos (EGFR Inhibitor), an inhibitor of the Drosophila EGFR pathway that neutralizes epidermal growth factor
- Argos (retailer), a major UK multi-channel retailer, that forms part of Home Retail Group
- Argos (cement company), a major Colombian cement manufacturing company
- Argos (Stargate), a fictional planet in the Stargate SG-1 universe
- Argos Foundation, a charitable educational organization based in Florida
- Argos Comunicación, a Mexican television and film company
- Argos System, a satellite-based system for environmental data collection
- Argos, the short name for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League
- Argonaut Rowing Club, a rowing club with ties to the Toronto Argonauts
- Argo (oceanography), a network of free floating temperature and salinity sensors.
- Eddie Argos, the lead singer of English indie rock band Art Brut
- ARGOS DSS, a Decision Support System (DSS) for enhancing Crisis Management for incidents with CBRN releases.
- Toronto Argos, Canadian Football League team based in Toronto, Ontario.
[edit] See also