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21200. Area code (s) 2751. Vehicle registration. AP. Argos (/ ˈɑːrɡɒs, - ɡəs /; Greek: Άργος [ˈarɣos]; Ancient and Katharevousa: Ἄργος [árɡos]) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and one of the oldest in Europe. [2]
Argos (dog), Odysseus' dog in the Odyssey. Argos (radio program), a Dutch documentary series. Eddie Argos (born 1979), English musician. Argos-Shimano, a former cycling team. Task Force Argos, a branch of the Queensland Police Service. Toronto Argonauts or Argos, a Canadian Football League team. Minister Argos, a villain from the manga and ...
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]
Larisa (Argos) Larisa (Greek: Λάρισα, also Κάστρο Λάρισα, "Castle Larisa") is the ancient and medieval acropolis of Argos, located on a high rocky hill, within the town's boundaries to the west. According to Strabo, it is named for a group of Pelasgians. [1] The summit is occupied by the ruins of a Byzantine-Venetian castle ...
King of Mycenae and son of Agamemnon of the Trojan War. Orestes gained the throne of Argos and Sparta upon the death of Cylarabes. Tisamenos. Son of Orestes. He was the final king of Argos, Mycenae and Sparta before the kingdom was conquered by the Heracleidae.
Argus Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης) was the guardian of the heifer - nymph Io and the son of Arestor. According to Asclepiades, Argus Panoptes was a son of Inachus, and according to Cercops he was a son of Argus and Ismene, daughter of Asopus. Acusilaus says that he was earth-born (authochthon), born from Gaia. [1]
Archaeological museum. The Archaeological Museum of Argos(Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Άργους) is a museumin Argos, in Argolison the Peloponnesepeninsula, Greece. 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 ...
Danaus. In Greek mythology, Danaus (/ ˈdæneɪ.əs /, [1] / ˈdæni.əs /; [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 opposed ...