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- The name Árgos apparently signified an agricultural plain and was applied to several districts in ancient Greece. Historically, the Argolís was the easternmost portion of the Peloponnesian peninsula, and the city of Árgos was its capital. Agamemnon, Diomedes, and other heroes from Argolís’s fertile plain figure prominently in the Iliad of Homer.
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Oct 28, 2019 · Ancient Argos, located in the Peloponnese in Greece, was a major Mycenaean settlement in the Late Bronze Age (1700-1100 BCE) and remained important throughout the Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman periods until its destruction by the Visigoths in 395 CE. The site's best-preserved example of ancient architecture is the theatre, once the largest in ...
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argos.co.uk. Argos Limited is a British catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and formerly in Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos.
Nov 10, 2019 · N.S. Gill. Updated on November 10, 2019. Located by the Gulf of Argolis, Argos (Ἄργος) is an important polis of Greece in the southern section, the Peloponnese, specifically, in the area called the Argolid. It has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The inhabitants were known as Ἀργεῖοι (Argives), a term that is sometimes ...
Apr 28, 2023 · Argos was a significant centre of Mycenaean civilisation and played a significant role in major events of ancient Greece such as the Trojan War and the Persian Wars. As one of the most important cities in Mycenaean civilisation, Argos is home to a wealth of ancient ruins and landmarks.
Argos was believed to be one of the oldest cities in Ancient Greece which dated back to the Dark Ages. It lied on fertile plains of Argolis in the North-East of Peloponnesian peninsula.
Argos experienced its greatest period of expansion and power under the energetic 7th century BC ruler King Pheidon. Under Pheidon, Argos regained sway over the cities of the Argolid and challenged Sparta's dominance of the Peloponnese.
