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Old 28-November-2001, 01:50 PM
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On 2001-11-27 18:40, Argos wrote:
Argus means "fast" and refers to the name of the ancient mythological ship which carried the Argonauts(*).
You're right about the ship, but the ancient Greek for "fast" is "tachy" or "tachys" (whence derives "tachyon," meaning a particle that moves faster than light).
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