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argus (AHR-guhs) noun
An alert and observant person; a watchful guardian. [From Greek mythology. After Argus, a giant with 100 eyes who was sent to watch over Io. He was later killed by Hermes and after his death his eyes transformed into spots on the peacock's tail.] "Arnold (Schwarzenegger) knew immediately that `Total Recall' needed an Argus-eyed director who could maintain control over complicated visual effects, extravagant futuristic sets, dangerous stunts, etc. -- while also demanding good performances from his actors." Bill Jones, SCREEN GIANT Muscles Parlayed Into Stardom, The Phoenix Gazette (Phoenix, Arizona), Jun 2, 1990. This week's theme: Words from the names of newspapers. Examples: The Evening Argus (Brighton, UK); the Journal Argus (St. Marys, Canada); Many US Arguses: http://ajr.newslink.org/cgi/find.cgi?4=argus&;3=&2=&1= ............................................................................ Every saint has a past and every sinner a future. -Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900) Looking for a word or quotation previously featured in AWAD? They are all archived at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html . For the theme list, see http://wordsmith.org/awad/themes.html . Alphabetical listing of the words is available at http://wordsmith.org/awad/wordlist.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/argus.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/argus.ram
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