of the Peloponnesian peninsula, the Heraion at Argos stands on the lower hills leading up to Mount Euboea. Around five miles from the city of Argos,...
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of Samos, the most important of the sanctuaries dedicated to Hera Heraion of Argos, near Nafplion in Argolis Heraion of Perachora (Hera Akraia and Hera...
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Argos (/ˈɑːrɡɒs, -ɡəs/; Greek: Άργος [ˈarɣos]; Ancient and Katharevousa: Ἄργος [árɡos]) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece...
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Ancient drachma (category Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter)
Herakleides of Pontos (387–312 BC) who was informed by the priests of Heraion that Pheidon, king of Argos, dedicated rod-shaped obeloi to Heraion. Similar...
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Hera (category Children of Cronus)
undertaken in her honor. The temples of Hera in the two main centers of her cult, the Heraion of Samos and the Heraion of Argos in the Argolis, were the very...
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Io (mythology) (category Mortal women of Zeus)
Hesiodic Catalogue of Women. A mourning commemoration of Io was observed at the Heraion of Argos into classical times. The ancients connected Io with the...
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Priestess of Hera at Argos was the High Priestess of the Goddess Hera, the protective city deity of Ancient Argos, on the Heraion of Argos in Argos. It was...
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Obol (coin) (category Ancient Greek units of measurement)
century BC) is said to have mentioned the obols of Heraion. Excavations at Argos discovered several dozen of these early obols, dated well before 800 BC;...
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The Heraion of Perachora (Greek: Ηραίο Περαχώρας) is a sanctuary of the goddess Hera situated in a small cove of the Corinthian gulf at the end of the...
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Hiereia (category Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire)
The priestess of Heraion of Argos, for example, who was a mature married woman, served for life. Somewhat different were the number of Greek oracles,...
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Cleomenes I (category Agiad kings of Sparta)
dismissed most of his army but a thousand soldiers and moved to Mycenae, in the northeast of Argos. On his way, he stopped at the Heraion of Argos, the great...
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Hadrian (category 2nd-century Roman governors of Syria)
Hadrian also rebuilt the ancient shrines of Abae and Megara, and the Heraion of Argos. During his tour of the Peloponnese, Hadrian persuaded the Spartan...
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Eusebius of Caesarea. An alternative version supplied by Tatian of the original 17 consecutive kings of Argos includes Apis and Argios between Argos and Triopas...
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water of the Eleutherion by the Heraion of Argos was also used for ritual bathing. Ablution (disambiguation) Ritual washing Nerthus: ritual washing of a Germanic...
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Polykleitos (redirect from Canon of Polykleitos)
figure of an Amazon for Ephesus was admired, while his colossal gold and ivory statue of Hera which stood in her temple—the Heraion of Argos—was favourably...
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Ancient Greek coinage (redirect from Coinage of ancient Greece)
The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic...
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Gate to the north on the road to Nemea; the Eileithuian Gate to the Heraion of Argos and Epidaurus and the Kylabris Gate on the road to Nauplia, both to...
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Hebe (mythology) (redirect from Sanctuary of Hebe)
associated with the worship of her mother Hera in Argos and in the Heraion of Argos, one of the main centres of worship of Hera in Greece. It was said...
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Argus Panoptes (redirect from Argos Panoptes)
Argus or Argos Panoptes (Ancient Greek: Ἄργος Πανόπτης, "All-seeing Argos") is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. Argus Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης) was...
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the High Priestess of Athena Polias. The Priestess of Hera at Argos served at the Heraion of Argos and enjoyed great prestige in all Greece. At several...
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Athens Hephaestia, Lemnos, North Aegean Hagia Triada, Crete Heraion of Argos, Peloponnese Heraion of Samos, Samos, North Aegean Ialysos at Rhodes, South Aegean...
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Vienna. Führer durch die Antikensammlung, 1926 Die Skulpturen des Heraions von Argos, in Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts 19/29...
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Mathematics and art (section Analysis of art history)
ranked as one of the most important sculptors of classical antiquity for his work on the Doryphorus and the statue of Hera in the Heraion of Argos. While his...
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1953) American; Mesoamerica George Henry Chase (1874–1952) American; Heraion of Argos Alfredo Chavero (1841–1906) Mexican; Mexico Chen Mengjia (1911–1966)...
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particular: Chrysis (priestess), priestess who caused the destruction of the Heraion of Argos in 423 BC Chrysis, the eponymous girl from Samos in the play Samia...
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part of the National Library of Greece and was housed at the main building of the University of Athens and later at the building of the Academy of Athens...
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in the rule of Caria. Eupolemus, a Jewish Historian Eupolemos of Argos was the name of a Greece architect who rebuilt the Heraion of Argos, a temple dedicated...
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Monastiraki, Argolis (category Argos-Mykines)
built on the foot of mount Evia, between two low hills. It is located adjacent to ancient Mycenae and the Heraion of Argos, with a view of the entire Argolic...
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Argeus of Argos Argia Argileonis Argiope Argius Argive vase painting Argo Argonautica Argonautica Orphica Argonauts Argos Argos (dog) Argos panoply Argos Theater...
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Jonathan M. Hall (category Scholars of ancient Greek history)
(forthcoming). Articles on 'The Argive Heraion' and 'Argolis' in R. Bagnall et al. (eds.), An Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell...
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