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Argos - Ancient Argos.
The name of the city originates from the ancient Greek root arg- (PIE *arg-), which signified something bright (hence argyros, silver). The region of Argos was — and is — 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. Argos, along with the neighboring acropoleis of Mycenae and Tiryns became very early settlements because of their commanding positio ...
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