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The Ancient Greeks worshipped Hera as the queen of the gods, amongst many other roles. At these sacred sites, like the Heraion at Argos, the Ancient Greeks usually emphasized specific certain qualities or roles that manifested themselves in the design of the sanctuary, rituals, and festivals held there. [ 31 ]
Herodotus first recorded the myth of the traditional story of Argos being the origin of the ancient Macedonian royal house of the Argead dynasty (Greek: Ἀργεάδαι, Argeádai) of Philip II and Alexander the Great. [10] As a strategic location on the fertile plain of Argolis, Argos was a major stronghold during the Mycenaean era.
For modern scholars, Inachus is the most ancient god or hero of Argos. [5] Various ancient authors describe Inachus as being one of the river gods born of Titans Oceanus and Tethys, [6] and thus to the Greeks, was part of the pre-Olympian or "Pelasgian" mythic landscape. [citation needed] In Greek iconography, Walter Burkert notes, [7] the ...
The epithet Panoptes was applied to the god of the Sun, Helios, and was taken up as an epithet by Zeus, Zeus Panoptes. "In a way," Walter Burkert observes, "the power and order of Argos the city are embodied in Argos the neatherd, lord of the herd and lord of the land, whose name itself is the name of the land." [4]
Argus or Argeus (king of Argos), son of Megapenthes. [4] Argus (son of Arestor), builder of the ship Argo in the tale of the Argonauts. [5] Argus, eldest son of Phrixus [6] and Chalciope (Iophassa [7]), and husband of Perimele, daughter of Admetus and Alcestis. [8] By her, he became the father of Magnes, the father of Hymenaios. [9]
The history of the museum began in April 1932, when the heirs of J. Kallergis donated the building to the Argos city council. [1] They in turn gave it to the Greek state along with the surrounding area on October 25, 1955. [2] The museum consists of two sections; the Kallergeio museum which was inaugurated in 1957 and the new section in 1961. [1]
In Greek mythology, Danaus (/ ˈ d æ n eɪ. ə s /, [1] / ˈ d æ n i. ə s /; [2] Ancient Greek: Δαναός Danaós) was the king of Libya. His myth is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's Iliad, "Danaans" ("tribe of Danaus") and "Argives" commonly designate the Greek forces ...
In Greek mythology, Asterion (/ ə ˈ s t ɪər i ə n /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστερίων, gen.: Ἀστερίωνος, literally "starry") was a river-god of Argos. Family [ edit ]