Argos (Erica, Matthew, Curtis, and Steph

Argos:

Motto: land of the great water snake

Location: in the Peloponnese in the east

Population: 29,505

Name of inhabitants: Argive

Mythological Founder: Argus Panoptes, son of Zeus and Niobe. Patron to the goddess Hera.

Founder: Pheidon. 7^th century B.C

Government: Monarchy, ruled by a king

Major Attributes: creation of coinage

Arts: Stone sculpting of Athletes, musicians, poets

Weather: Hot and dry in the summer, cold in the winter.

Agriculture: Not fertile ground, had to fight to grow food. They eventually learned how to irrigate using wells and flourished.

Notable sights: Larissa, Temple ruins, archeological museum.

Currency: Drachma

• Located on a plain, nearby a harbor used for trade and commerce


• When Athens and Sparta asked Argos to send supplies and troops to help fight the Persians, after the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE, the king of Argos refused. The other Greek city-states held Argos in disgrace for that decision for many years thereafter.


•  One of the longest lasting city states in Greece


• Argos fell to the Franks and the Venetians until 1463. The Turks ruled Argos after until 1686 when Argos fell again to the Venetians under Morosini until 1715. It was ruled by the Turks until the 1821 Greek war of Independence, and was liberated in 1882


• Sacred to the goddess Hera


• One of the most powerful city-states, until later shunned by Sparta because of it not willing to fight in the war.


• Argus, the hero with 100 eyes all over his body, but two were always open, even when he slept. According to the myth, Hera put his eyes into the tail of the peacock.


• Pheidon is credited with establishing measurements for the weight and capacity of dry and liquid materials.

 

 

 

 

Some Myths about Argos:

• Argos has terrible soil, because the sea god Poseidon cursed their rivers.