Proteus is an early Greek water god.

Proteus may also refer to:

Mythological and historic figures

  • Proteus (mythology), several other figures
  • Proteus (king of Egypt)
  • Peregrinus Proteus (c. 95 – 165 AD), Greek Cynic philosopher

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Proteus (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), in William Shakespeare's play
  • Dr Paul Proteus, in Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Prince Proteus of Syracuse, in the 2003 film Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
  • Proteus, the Prime Minister in The Apple Cart by George Bernard Shaw
  • Proteus (Marvel Comics)
  • Proteus (DC Comics)

Fictional entities

  • Proteus IV, a supercomputer in the Dean Koontz novel and film Demon Seed
  • Proteus, the Frankenstein's second monster in the TV show Penny Dreadful
  • Proteus, a submarine in the 1966 movie Fantastic Voyage
  • Proteus, a spaceship in the 1998 film Lost in Space
  • Proteus, a narrow-gauge engine in Thomas & Friends

Film and television

  • Proteus (2003 film), a romantic drama
  • Proteus (2004 film), an animated documentary
  • "Proteus", a 1995 an episode of X-Men: The Animated Series
  • "Proteus", a 2013 episode of the TV series Person of Interest
  • "Proteus", a 2005 episode of New Captain Scarlet

Gaming

  • Proteus (role-playing game), 1992
  • Proteus (video game), 2013
  • Proteus, a chess-variant game by Steve Jackson Games

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • "Proteus" (Ulysses episode), an episode in James Joyce's novel Ulysses
  • Proteus (West novel), by Morris West, 1979
  • Proteus (play), a 5th century BC play by Aeschylus, part of the Oresteia

Businesses and organisations

  • Proteus Airlines, a French regional airline
  • Proteus Gowanus, a gallery and reading room in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York, United States
  • Krewe of Proteus, a parade krewe at New Orleans Mardi Gras
  • Studio Proteus, a Japanese manga import, translation and lettering company

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

  • Amoeba proteus, a large species of amoeba
  • Proteus (amphibian), or olm, an aquatic salamander
  • Proteus (bacterium), a genus of bacteria
  • Proteus syndrome, a rare congenital disorder
  • Proteus-like syndrome

Computing

  • Proteus (programming language)
  • Proteus Design Suite, a proprietary software tool suite for electronic design automation

Other uses in science and technology

  • Proteus, a synonym for prima materia in alchemy
  • Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
  • Proteus (satellite), a French multimission satellite platform

Transportation and military

  • Bluebird-Proteus CN7, a land speed record-breaking car
  • Proteus (watercraft), an experimental vessel by Marine Advanced Research
  • , the name of several ships
  • , the name of several ships
  • Proteus, a type of diver propulsion vehicle
  • Saturn-class tugboat, or Proteus, a series of Soviet/Russian tugboats
  • Scaled Composites Proteus, an experimental aircraft
  • Bristol Proteus, a turboprop engine
  • Leonardo Proteus, an unmanned rotorcraft

Other uses

  • E-mu Proteus, a range of digital sound modules and keyboards
  • Proteus Lake, in Greenwich Island, Antarctica

See also

  • Protea (disambiguation)
  • A. proteus (disambiguation)
  • Protei (disambiguation)
  • Proetus, the name of several Greek mythical characters
  • Proetus (trilobite), a genus of trilobite
  • Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923), German-American mathematician and electrical engineer
  • DSR Proteus-Eretes, a Dutch student rowing club
  • Proteus effect, where the behavior of an individual is changed by the characteristics of their avatar
  • Proteus phenomenon, the tendency in science for early replications of a work to contradict the original findings