Proteus (disambiguation)

Proteus may refer to:

;In mythology
* Proteus, a Greek god who is the son of Poseidon
* Proteus of Egypt, an Egyptian king in a version of the story of Helen of Troy
* King Proteus, a mythical Greek ruler, featured in the story of Bellerophon

;In sciences and technology
* Proteus (journal), the oldest Slovenian general purpose scientific journalBiology :
* "Proteus", a genus of trilobites
* Proteus, a cultivar of Clematis introduced in 1876
* "Proteus anguinus", a genus of small cave-dwelling amphibian also called Olm
* Proteus (bacterium), a genus of Proteobacteria responsible for many human urinary tract infections
* Proteus syndrome, a very rare congenital disorder known mostly for its most famous sufferer Joseph Merrick (the Elephant Man)Physics :
* Proteus (alchemy), the "first matter" ("prima materia"), usually the metal mercury
* Proteus (moon), a natural satellite of Neptune
* Proteus (Satellite), a French multimission satellite platformSoftwares :
* Proteus (design software), a software for microprocessor simulation, schematic capture and PCB design developed by Labcenter Electronics
* Proteus (instant messaging client), a client software for Mac OS X
* Proteus (proteomics software), a software using Trans-Proteomic Pipeline technology

;In fiction
* Proteus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant
* "Proteus" (film), a film by Canadian director John Greyson
* Proteus, a DC Comics super-villain, enemy of the superhero the Creeper
* "Proteus", the miniaturized submarine that is injected in a human being's bloodstream in the 1966 movie "Fantastic Voyage"
* Dr. Paul Proteus, the main character in "Player Piano" by Kurt Vonnegut
* Proteus IV, a villainous supercomputer in the Dean Koontz novel "Demon Seed"
* Proteus, a character in the play "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" by William Shakespeare
* Proteus, the Prime Minister in "The Apple Cart" by George Bernard Shaw

;Vehicles
* USS "Proteus" (AC-9)
* USS "Proteus" (AS-19), a U.S. Navy submarine tender
* "Proteus" (WAM-V) a prototype wave adaptive modular vessel
* A type of diver propulsion vehicle; there are at least two makes called "Proteus":
** Protei-5 Russian diver-rider
* Scaled Composites Proteus, an experimental aircraft
* Bristol Siddeley Proteus, a turboprop engine

;Other
* Proteans (body language), a class of subtle body language flirting signals
* Proteus (Steve Jackson game), a board game by Steve Jackson Games
* DJ Proteus, a Finnish hard dance dj, voted best hard dance dj in the world years 2004 & 2005
* E-MU Proteus, a series of sample playback synthesizers by E-MU Systems

ee also :

* The plant genus "Protea", with the form-multiplicity of its species, was named by "Linnaeus" after the Greek god "Proteus", who could change his form at will