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Argos

Άργος


argos coin


  • People are called Argives
  • One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
  • Introduced a standard system of weights and measures that later became known as the Pheidonian measures.

Important Argives:

  • Argus: "Hero with a hundred eyes"
  • Temenus: King of Argos who helped Argos become prosperous
  • Pheidon: Ambitious king 
  • Lasus: Famous poet 
  • Pindar: Famous poet
  • Polycleitus: Sculptor

Links

Argos, Greece

Theatre of Argos

History of Argos

Patron God

HERA

Hera

 

Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, and family

 

Symbols: Pomegranate, peacock feather, diadem, cow, lily, lotus, cuckoo, panther, scepter, throne, lion