Proteus in popular culture

Gustave Doré’s illustration of Ludovico Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso”, featuring Proteus

Proteus appears and is referenced often in popular culture.

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.

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. "Proteus". EVElopedia. CCP hf. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
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