In the region around Argos, the temple of Hera in Hermione near Argos was to Hera the Virgin.

Argos is to the south Corinth, to the north.

This includes the doings of Atreus and Thyestes at Argos.

Argos King Medon (Μήδων), a son of Ceisus and grandson of Temenus.

The importance of Argos was eclipsed by Sparta after the 6th century BC because of its refusal to fight or send supplies in the Greco Persian Wars, Argos was shunned by most other city states.

Argus Panoptes (or Argos) is the name of the 100 eyed giant in Greek mythology.

His weapon was a sword of gold, which killed Argos lent to Perseus to kill Medusa.

Having killed his grandfather by accident, Perseus could not, or would not, inherit the throne of Argos.

The main festival of that temple was the Hekatombaia, one of the major festivals of Argos itself.

Agamemnon tries to convince Clytemnestra to go back to Argos, but Clytemnestra insists on staying for the wedding.

Argos ( Modern Greek Άργος Ancient Greek Ἄργος ) is a city and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece.

In it, he fled to Argos, to which he was connected by his descent from Io, a priestess of Hera at Argos, who was wooed by Zeus and turned into a heifer and pursued by Hera until she found asylum in Egypt.

Argos remained neutral or the ineffective ally of Athens during the 5th century BC struggles between Sparta and Athens.

The people decide that the Danaids deserve protection, and they are allowed within the walls of Argos despite Egyptian protests.

Pyrrhus had little time to mourn, as he was immediately offered an opportunity to intervene in a civic dispute in Argos.

In Greek mythology, Abas () was the son of Lynceus of the royal family of Argos, and Hypermnestra, the last of the Danaides.

These Heraclids conquered the Peloponnesian kingdoms of Mycenae, Sparta and Argos, claiming, according to legend, a right to rule them through their ancestor.

Besides the standard form (either rounded or pointed, ), there were forms as varied as (Gortyn), and (Thera), (Argos), (Melos), (Corinth), (Megara, Byzantium), (Cyclades).

Many other states in the central and provincial northern Peloponnese joined the league, which eventually included all Peloponnesian states except Argos and Achaea.

The diphthong ει had already merged with ι in the 5th century BC in Argos, and by the 4th century BC in Corinth (e.g.

Guided by the oracle, he arrived at Argos, where Achilles healed him in order that he might become their guide for the voyage to Troy.

He was then appointed as the King of Argos and thus became one of the most powerful rulers of Hellas at such a young age.

Later, Argos accepted the authority of the unified Provisional Government of the First National Assembly at Epidaurus, and eventually became part of the Kingdom of Greece.

Acrisius ( ) was a mythical king of Argos, and a son of Abas and Aglaea (or Ocalea, depending on the author), grandson of Lynceus, great grandson of Danaus.

To recover Helen, the Greeks launched a great expedition under the overall command of Menelaus' brother, Agamemnon, king of Argos or Mycenae, but the Trojans refused to return Helen.

During a feud between the most powerful houses in Argos, Talaus was slain by Amphiaraus, and Adrastus being expelled from his dominions fled to Polybus, then king of Sicyon.

At that time, as part of the general uprising, many local regimes were formed in different parts of the country, and the Consulate of Argos was proclaimed on 28 March 1821, under the Peloponnesian Senate.

Caravaca de la Cruz (or simply and more commonly Caravaca) is a town and municipality of southeastern Spain in the province of Murcia, near the left bank of the River Argos, a tributary of the Segura.

During the time he reigned there it happened that Tydeus of Calydon and Polynices of Thebes, both fugitives from their native countries, met at Argos near the palace of Adrastus, and came to words and from words to blows.