Argos (Greek: Άργος, Árgos) is a city in Greece in the Peloponnesus near Nafplio, which was its historic harbor, named for Nauplius. The region of Argos was called the Argolid. It was a major stronghold of Mycenaean times, but the pre_Greek name of its acropolis, Larissa, reveals that it was a Pelasgian settlement. Its founding myth can be read at the entry for Danaus. In Homeric times it belonged to a follower of Agamemnon and gave its name to the surrounding district— the Argolid— which the Romans knew as Argeia. Eclipsed by nearby Sparta after the 6th century BC, Argos remained neutral or the ineffective ally of Athens during the 5th century BC struggles between Sparta and Athens.
Considerable remains of the city survive and are a popular tourist attraction. Citrus fruits also dominate Argos, and the entire valley in agriculture. According to the 2001 Greek census, the city has a population of 27,550.
Argos also refers to:
Odysseus' dog from Homer's Odyssey. Argos recognized him after nineteen years of absence.
In Greek mythology:
Argus (Argos) is the son of Zeus and Niobe. Zeus' first child by a mortal.
Argos, a major general-goods retailer with over 500 stores in the United Kingdom. Argos is famous for selling goods using a catalogue format, where customers place orders at a till in store for items selected from a catalogue. They are then fetched by an employee from a stock room in the store to a counter for the customer to collect. It also sells goods via the internet. External link: Argos website (http://www.argos.co.uk/).
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Argolid; Theater of Argos; built in the 4th century BC, it held 15,000 spectators on the seats hewn from the rock; there were marble places for honored persons
Argolid; Theater of Aegeira; the cavea was divided into unequal sections; built in the Hellenistic period and repaired in Roman times
Argolid; Theater of Epidaurus; the ancient Greeks considered the theater in the sanctuary of Asclepius at Epidaurus the most beautiful and harmonious
The Argolid was the heart of Greece from 1600 to 1100 BC under the Mycenaeans.
During the Byzantine era the Argolid shared the fortune of the rest of the Peloponnese.
The Argolid is an archaeological treasure house and thus a tourist trade centre: Mycenae was the home of Agamemnon, Tiryns the birthplace of Heracles, Epidaurus the home of an ancient healing cult.
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