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Argos

City in ancient Greece, at the head of the Gulf of Argos, which was once a cult centre of the goddess Hera; her celebrated sanctuary lay outside the city. In the Homeric age the name ‘Argives’ was sometimes used instead of ‘Greeks’. Although one of the most important cities in the Peloponnese, Argos was dominated by Corinth and Sparta. During the classical period the city repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, contested supremacy in southern Greece with Sparta.

In 461 BC Argos made an alliance with Athens; in 229 BC it was governed by tyrants supported by Macedonia; in 146 BC it was subjugated by Rome; and in AD 1210 it was captured by the Franks. During the 18th century it was the scene of many conflicts between the Venetians and Turks.



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Excessive honours are also a cause of sedition when one person or more are greater than the state and the power of the government can permit; for then a monarchy or a dynasty is usually established: on which account the ostracism was introduced in some places, as at Argos and Athens: though it is better to guard against such excesses in the founding of a state, than when they have been permitted to take place, to correct them afterward.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
We may instance the statue of Mitys at Argos, which fell upon his murderer while he was a spectator at a festival, and killed him.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Sing the suitors some one of these, and let them drink their wine in silence, but cease this sad tale, for it breaks my sorrowful heart, and reminds me of my lost husband whom I mourn ever without ceasing, and whose name was great over all Hellas and middle Argos.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
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