The temples of Hera in the two main centers of her cult, the Heraion of Samos and the Heraion of Argos in the Argolid, were the very earliest monumental Greek temples constructed, in the 8th century BC.

Pausanias ( 2nd century AD ) mentions two buildings resembling pyramids, one, 19 kilometres ( 12 mi ) southwest of the still standing structure at Hellenikon, a common tomb for soldiers who died in a legendary struggle for the throne of Argos and another which he was told was the tomb of Argives killed in a battle around 669 / 8 BC.

* Following his death in Argos, Pyrrhus is succeeded as king of Epirus by his son Alexander II while Antigonus II Gonatas regains his Macedonian throne which he has lost to Pyrrhus two years earlier.

After the death of these two, Agenor, the youngest, invaded their dominions, and thus became king of Argos.

Poseidon, in archaic times the consort of the two goddesses Demeter and Persephone in Argos, had dried up all the region's springs after the Argolid was awarded to the protection of Hera.

The king of Argos slew Thymbraeus, two sons of Merops, and Agastrophus.

A prophecy had told Adrastus to marry his daughters with the lion and the boar, and watching these two princes fighting like wild beasts he decided to keep them in Argos as sons-in-law.

The most probable solution of the difficulty is that of Friedrich Thiersch, who thinks that there were two artists of this name ; one an Argive, the instructor of Phidias, born about 540 BC, the other a native of Sicyon, who flourished at the date assigned by Pliny and was confounded by the scholiast on Aristophanes with his more illustrious namesake of Argos.

But this tradition was born at the beginning of the historical period, when Argos was fighting to become the hegemonic power in the area and needed a glorious past to compete with the other two cities.

Athens, Argos, Thebes and Corinth, the latter two of which were formerly Spartan allies, challenged Spartan dominance in the Corinthian War, which ended inconclusively in 387 BC.

Ottawa crushed Toronto 32-3 and won the two game series 46-25, leaving Leo and the Argos red-faced with embarrassment.

Some former sites of Mycenaean palaces, such as Argos or Knossos, continued to be occupied ; other sites ' experiencing an expansive " boom time " of a generation or two before they were abandoned, James Whitley has associated with the " Big-man social organization ", based on personal charisma and inherently unstable: he interprets Lefkandi in this light.

The arx of Argos and two towns ( Larissa in Thessaly and one in the Peneus ) are believed to have derived their name ( meaning " citadel ") from her.

Over the next two seasons, Vanderjagt served as their regular placekicker and punter, as Argos won the Grey Cup in both 1996 and 1997 ; in those two games he was 9 of 9.

Meanwhile the land forces overran Thrace and continued into Achaia as far south as Sparta ; the invading Goths and Heruli sacked Athens, crossed the isthmus, sacked and burned the lower part of Corinth, and advanced to Argos and Sparta, ravaging the countryside along the way and burning the two cities.

Argos and Focus DIY were the first two retail companies to open stores.

The border stones between Argos and Corinth were torn down, and the citizen bodies of the two cities were merged.

The friendship between Vessel and Eddie Argos, lead singer of the art rock band, Art Brut, saw the two bands unite for a gig at the Tate Britain in 2004.

To the south of the high street ( Stratford Road, A34 ) there are two retail parks ; one of which is listed as ' Solihull Gate Retail Park ', which has shops including retail outlets Argos, Boots and Toys R Us ; DIY stores B & Q and Homebase ; and electrical store Currys.

It is conjectured that the bronze sculptures represent Tydeus and Amphiaraus respectively, two warriors from the Seven Against Thebes monumental group in the polis of Argos, as Pausanias noted ..

Iphigenia finds out which of the two is Pylades and that they are from Argos.

During the late Middle Ages, the two cities of Argos and Nauplia ( Nafplio ) formed a separate Lordship within the Frankish Principality of Achaea in southern Greece.

Damon Allen failed to ignite the Argos offence early in the second quarter, despite two quick chances thanks to a punt return fumble by Aaron Lockett of the Lions.

This second Psamathe was the daughter of Crotopus, king of Argos, who, fearing her father, gave her infant son Linus to shepherds to be raised ; after reaching adulthood, he was torn apart by the sheperd's dogs, and Psamathe was killed by her father, who would not believe that she had had intercourse with a god rather than a mortal.

She is depicted as Kara In-Ze, not Superman's cousin as in the comic book, but rather a near-Kryptonian from Krypton's sister planet Argos, whom Superman brings back to Earth and treats as a cousin.

Whilst on holiday in the Greek city of Argos, he came up with the idea that people could purchase goods from his " Green Shield Gift House " with cash rather than savings stamps.

Thermos was not a city in the sense of a built-up urban centre like Athens, Argos or Corinth and until a late date the Aetolian League was a loose association with a tribal basis rather than a group of city-states.

Appian, rather, connects it with Orestian Argos.

The poem, printed among Hesiodic fragments, survives in fewer than a dozen quotations, and seems to have been in part concerned with the myth of Io and Argos Panoptes.

According to some, Diomedes ruled Argos for more than five years and brought much wealth and stability to the city during his time.

In Aeschylus's play, The Suppliants, the Danaids fleeing from Egypt seek asylum from King Pelasgus of Argos, which he says is on the Strymon including Perrhaebia in the north, the Thessalian Dodona and the slopes of the Pindus mountains on the west and the shores of the sea on the east ; that is, a territory including but somewhat larger than classical Pelasgiotis.

Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, though archaeology has borne out the myth that the sacred site was older even than the Mycenaean city of Argos since Lerna was the site of the myth of the Danaids.

The Argos ended the 1972 season with a record of 3-11 ... missing the playoffs for the first time in Leo Cahill's tenure and less than a week later, Bassett announced Leo Cahill was fired.

RB Jamal Robertson became the first Argos rusher to put up more than 1000 yards in a season since Michael Jenkins in 2001.

More than funding, Level The Playing Field featured mentor-ship, education and events including Argos player ambassadors, pep rallies and an Argos Game Day to honor each high school football team.

The brothers debate the matter and, eventually, each seemingly changes the other's mind: Menelaus is apparently convinced that it would be better to disband the Greek army than to have his niece killed, but Agamemnon is now ready to carry out the sacrifice, claiming that the army will storm his palace at Argos and kill his entire family if he does not.

In Greek mythology, Eurystheus ( pronounced, meaning " broad strength " in folk etymology and pronounced ) was king of Tiryns, one of three Mycenaean strongholds in the Argolid, although other authors including Homer and Euripides cast him as ruler of Argos: Sthenelus was his father and the " victorious horsewoman " Nicippe his mother, and he was a grandson of the hero Perseus, as was his opponent Heracles.

" The three cities I love best ," the ox-eyed Queen of Heaven declares ( Iliad, book iv ) " are Argos, Sparta and Mycenae of the broad streets.

He was one of the three kings at Argos, along with Iphis and Amphiaraus, the husband of Adrastus's sister Eriphyle.

After this there were three kings ruling Argos at any time, one descended from each of Bias, Melampus, and Anaxagoras.

A Greek myth introduced Asterion as one of three river gods who judged between Poseidon and Hera, who should rule Argos.

Thus Greek legend links the three Argolic centers with three mythical heroes: Acrisius, founder of the Doric colony of Argos ; his brother Proetus, founder of Tiryns ; and his grandson Perseus, the founder of Mycenae.

Clemons ' impact was immediate, and the Argos won 4 of the remaining 6 games, including a dramatic 33 – 32 win over the Calgary Stampeders in the last game of the season, to push the Boatmen into the CFL playoffs for the first time in three years.

The Argos began the season 2-1 and outscored opponents 97-44 in their first three games.

Sparta took the island from Argos early in the sixth century, and ruled it under a kytherodíkes ( kυθηροδίκης, " judge on Cythera "), in Thucydides ' time ; Athens occupied it three times when at war with Sparta ( in 456 during her first war with Sparta and the Peloponnesians ; from 426 to 410, through most of the great Peloponnesian War ; and from 393 to 387 / 386, during the Corinthian War against Spartan dominance ) and used it both to support her trade and to raid Laconia.

Argos, the traditional enemy of Sparta, was also a Dorian state ; so were Corinth, Rhodes, and Syracuse, three of the most commercial states in Greece.

Argos, Delphi and Olympia were three prominent Greek sites for dedicated sculpture of the highest quality, and were all vulnerable to official thefts after the Roman occupation.

The raid by the Goths in the Eastern Roman empire caused a wave of refugees to flee to Spetses, resulting in the re-settlement of the island, focusing on the Old Port, making it one of the three largest cities of Argolis ( including Argos and Hermione ).

During his time with the Argos he gained 47 all-purpose yards on three catches and seven carries.

Home Retail Group, owner of Argos and Homebase purchased the Habitat brand, three Central London stores and the UK website.

Although the area had been settled since Neolithic times, and a Greek colony known as Argos Hippium ( in Greek, Ἀργόριππα or Ἀργύριππόι ) existed nearby, the first document attesting the existence of the modern city dates from 1000 AD: according to the legend, the first settlers were peasants who had found a panel portraying the Madonna, on which three flames burnt.

Though his touchdown helped to put his team up 14-0 after the first quarter, the Argos got outscored 33-3 for the next three quarters.

In a fragment of a chronological work of Hellanicus called " Priestesses of Hera at Argos ", and preserved by Stephanus, Makedon is son of Aeolus, as Hellanicus relates in the first ( book or archive list ) of his " Hiereiai tes Heras en Argei ", and of Makedon, the son of Aeolus, the present Macedonians were named so, then living alone with the Mysians .< ref > The fragment does not clarify who of the three Aeoli is Makedon's father but Eustathius reported him as one of the ten sons of Aeolus, thus the son of Hellen.