Proteus in popular culture

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Gustave Dore's illustration of Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, featuring Proteus Orlando Furioso 17.jpg
Gustave Doré’s illustration of Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso , featuring Proteus

The Greek water god Proteus appears and is referenced often in popular culture.

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In modern fiction

In gaming

In history

The GermanAmerican scientist Carl August Rudolph Steinmetz, who had several physical disabilities, changed his name to Charles Proteus Steinmetz. This name reflected his identification with a figure that could easily alter its outward form.

In biology

A cave-dwelling aquatic salamander in Europe is called Proteus anguinus (referred simply as proteus or olm), and is the only species in the genus Proteus of the family Proteidae.

Other

Proteus Lake in Antarctica is named after the deity.

Progress Wrestling has a belt named after Proteus, the Proteus Championship.

References

  1. "Fugitives of Chaos by John C. Wright Dramatis Personae"
  2. "The Bees and the Flies"
  3. Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River
  4. "Eve of Destruction (TV Mini Series 2013) - IMDb". IMDb .
  5. "Proteus". EVElopedia. CCP hf. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.