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Argos (/ ˈ ɑːr ɡ ɒ s,-ɡ ə s /; Greek: Άργος; Ancient and Katharevousa: Ἄργος) 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]
Inachos, the supposed son of Oceanos and Tethys, is affirmed to have been the founder of this kingdom.He married his sister Melissa, by whom he had two sons, Phoroneus and Aegialeus: he is supposed to be the father of Io, and therefore the Greeks are sometimes called "Inachoi" after him (see also the names of the Greeks).
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]
This is an incomplete list of ancient Greek cities, including colonies outside Greece, and including settlements that were not sovereign poleis.Many colonies outside Greece were soon assimilated to some other language but a city is included here if at any time its population or the dominant stratum within it spoke Greek.
Greek pyramids, also known as the Pyramids of Argolis, refers to several ancient structures located in the plains of Argolid, Greece. The best known of these is known as the Pyramid of Hellinikon (Greek: Πυραμίδα του Ελληνικού). In the time of the geographer Pausanias it was considered to be a tomb.
Ancient Greek theatre in Delos. This is a list of ancient Greek theatres by location. Attica and Athens ... Theatre of Argos, Argolis;
Aeniania (Greek: Αἰνιανία) or Ainis (Greek: Αἰνίς) was a small district to the south of Thessaly (which it was sometimes considered part of). [2] The regions of Aeniania and Oetaea were closely linked, both occupying the valley of the Spercheios river, with Aeniania occupying the lower ground to the north, and Oetaea the higher ground south of the river.
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]