Nessus
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Nessus can have a number of meanings:
- Nessus (mythology)Nessus (mythology)In Greek mythology, Nessus was a famous centaur who was killed by Heracles, and whose tainted blood in turn killed Heracles. He was the son of Centauros. He fought in the battle with the Lapiths. He became a ferryman on the river Euenos....
, a famous centaur from Greek mythology - The Tunic or Shirt of Nessus, the poisoned shirt of the centaur Nessus, in the story of Hercules
- Nessus, an alternate name of Nestos (god), son of OceanusOceanusOceanus ; , Ōkeanós) was a pseudo-geographical feature in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the world-ocean, an enormous river encircling the world....
and TethysTethys (mythology)In Greek mythology, Tethys , daughter of Uranus and Gaia was an archaic Titaness and aquatic sea goddess, invoked in classical Greek poetry but not venerated in cult. Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus...
, and god of the river NestosMesta RiverThe Nestos or Mesta , formerly the Mesta Karasu , is a river in Bulgaria and Greece. It rises in the Rila Mountains and flows into the Aegean Sea near the island of Thasos. It plunges down towering canyons toward the Aegean Sea through mostly metamorphic formations... - Nessus (software)Nessus (software)In computer security, Nessus is a proprietary comprehensive vulnerability scanning program. It is free of charge for personal use in a non-enterprise environment. Its goal is to detect potential vulnerabilities on the tested systems. For example:...
, a computer security tool. - NESSUS Probabilistic Analysis SoftwareNESSUS Probabilistic Analysis SoftwareNESSUS is a general-purpose, probabilistic analysis program that simulates variations and uncertainties in loads, geometry, material behavior and other user-defined inputs to compute probability of failure and probabilistic sensitivity measures of engineered systems...
, a computer-based probabilistic analysis tool for assessing uncertainties in structural and mechanical systems. - Nessus (Pierson's Puppeteer)Nessus (Pierson's Puppeteer)Nessus is a male character in Larry Niven's Known Space universe, of the species Pierson's Puppeteer, an herbivorous species noted for two heads whose mouths act as capable hands...
, an alien character in Larry Niven's Known Space books, of the species Pierson's Puppeteer - 7066 Nessus7066 Nessus7066 Nessus is a centaur that was discovered by David L. Rabinowitz, working with Spacewatch, at Kitt Peak on 26 April 1993. It was the second centaur found by him , and the third centaur discovery...
, a Centaur planetoid - Nessus, a fictional metropolis in Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New SunThe Book of the New SunThe Book of the New Sun is a novel in four parts written by science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe. It chronicles the journey and ascent to power of Severian, a disgraced journeyman torturer who rises to the position of Autarch, the one ruler of the free world...
, staggering in both its size and age - Nessus, a layer of Hell in Dungeons & DragonsDungeons & DragonsDungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...