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Argos

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Ar·gos  (ärgs, -gs)
A city of ancient Greece in the northeast Peloponnesus near the head of the Gulf of Argolis. Inhabited from the early Bronze Age, it was one of the most powerful cities of ancient Greece until the rise of Sparta.
Argos [ˈɑːgɒs -gəs]
n
(Placename) an ancient city in SE Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: one of the oldest Greek cities, it dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century bc Pop.: 22 000 (1995 est.)
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Noun1.Argos - an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC
Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil


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Excessive honours are also a cause of sedition when one person or more are greater than the state and the power of the government can permit; for then a monarchy or a dynasty is usually established: on which account the ostracism was introduced in some places, as at Argos and Athens: though it is better to guard against such excesses in the founding of a state, than when they have been permitted to take place, to correct them afterward.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
We may instance the statue of Mitys at Argos, which fell upon his murderer while he was a spectator at a festival, and killed him.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
Sing the suitors some one of these, and let them drink their wine in silence, but cease this sad tale, for it breaks my sorrowful heart, and reminds me of my lost husband whom I mourn ever without ceasing, and whose name was great over all Hellas and middle Argos.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
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