In Greek mythology, refers to either the hundred-eyed giant Argus Panoptes or the ship Argo used by Jason and the Argonauts. Also the name of an ancient Greek city.
From Greek 'Argos', possibly meaning 'bright' or 'swift'. The mythological giant Argus was named for his vigilant watchfulness, while the ship Argo was named after its builder Argus, and the city was one of the oldest in Greece.
The word 'Argos' gave us the term 'Argonaut' for Jason's crew and influenced our word 'argot' (specialized vocabulary). The many-eyed giant Argus became a symbol of surveillance and watchfulness, making Argos an ancestor of our modern 'all-seeing' security systems and monitoring technologies.
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