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	ARGOS - LoveToKnow Article on ARGOS
		In 394 the Argives is lped to garrison Corinth, and the latter state seems for a while as have been annexed by them.
		In 272 the Argives joined Sparta in at sisting the ambition of King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose death Ai sued in an unsuccessful night attack upon the city.
		The Argive Heraeum ~s the most important centre of Hera and Juno worship in the cient wor]d; it always remained the chief sanctuary of the give district, and was in all probability the earliest site of iized life in the country inhabited by the Argive people.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AR/ARGOS.htm (2189 words)

	Argos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There is evidence that the Argive sway extended of the entire Argolid peninsula and extended to the areas to the east, such as Cythera, Aegina, and Sicyon.
		Wherefore the Argives enacted a law, the one which says that married women having a beard must occupy the same bed with their husbands.
		The two Argive hoplites, Alcenor and Chromios, left to give the news of their victory to Argos, but the Spartan Othryades managed to spoil the dead bodies of the enemy and then killed himself, being ashamed to return to Sparta.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /WestCivI/argps.htm (3572 words)

	The Peloponnesian War -- Chapter 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Lacedæmonian envoys returning home, some Argive ambassadors who happened to be in Corinth pressed her to conclude the alliance without further delay, but were told to attend at the next congress to be held at Corinth.
		The Athenians, Argives, Mantineans, and Eleans, acting for themselves and the allies in their respective empires, made a treaty for a hundred years, to be without fraud or hurt by land and by sea.
		Upon this the Argives went to the Athenians and complained of their having allowed an enemy to pass by sea, in spite of the clause in the treaty by which the allies were not to allow an enemy to pass through their country.
	www.litrix.com /pelop/pelop016.htm (7676 words)

	SparkNotes: The Flies: Act II, Scene One
		The Argives gather in front of the large cave from which the dead will soon be released (when soldiers roll aside the stone blocking its entrance).
		The Argives are terrified of the dead and recount their sins and how they will be punished for them.
		Since the Argives believe that the dead sometimes sneak out and roam around on other days of the year, and since the dead can read their hearts anyway, the Argives are encouraged to repent at all times for fear of judgment.
	www.sparknotes.com /drama/theflies/section3.rhtml (2205 words)

	Battle of Mantinea (418 BC) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Spartans went off to find a water supply, while the Argives marched out to a field near a Temple of Heracles, where they surprised the Spartans the next day.
		Brasidas' veterans (Brasidas himself had been killed at the Battle of Amphipolis), the Thracians, and the Sciritae (an elite unit of Spartan troops) formed the left wing, the Spartans, Arcadians, and Maenalians in the centre, and the Tegeans on the right wing.
		The Argive lines were formed by the Mantineans on the right, the Argives in the centre, and the Athenians on the left.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Mantinea_(418_BC) (466 words)

	Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian Wars (Hobbes trans.) vol. 2: The Online Library of Liberty
		And the Argives in all points were in good estate, as not having concurred in the Attic war, but rather been at peace with both, and thereby gotten in their revenue2.
		And at first the Argives desired to have the matter referred, either to some private man or to some city, concerning the territory of Cynuria2: about which they have always differed, as lying on the borders of them both; (it containeth the cities of Thyrea and Anthena, and is possessed by the Lacedæmonians).
		The same summer fell out a war between the Epidaurians and the Argives; the pretext thereof was about a beast for sacrifice, which the Epidaurians ought to have sent in consideration of their pastures to Apollo Pythius, and had not done it: the Argives being the principal owners of the temple1.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/Hobbes0123/Works/0051-09_Bk.html (10736 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 72 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But just as the battle was about to begin, Tlirasyllus, one of the Argive generals, and Alciphron came to Agis and prevailed on him to conclude a truce for four months.
		On his return he was severely censured for having thus thrown away the opportunity of reducing Argos, especially as the Argives had seized the opportunity afforded by his return and taken Orchomenos.
		He was un able to restore the defeated party, but he destroyed the long walls which the Argives had begun to carry down to the sea, and took Hysiae.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0081.html (1115 words)

	The Virtual Iliad
		The Argives have been brought to the plain of Ilium by the injustice committed against Meneluas, the loss of his beautiful wife Helen to the stunning son of Priam, Paris.
		This visage of the approaching Argive fighter inspires fear in the hearts of all the on-looking Trojan fighters as well as the anxious and worried Hector, knowing that he can not renege now since he was the one who inspired this lust for individual battle.
		Athena now concurs with Hera's show of emotion of pity towards the hard-pressed Achaeans, and lashes out with greatly emotive words to explicate the source and reason for her deep enmity for what her father, Zeus, is causing to occur, all due to the pleading and request of Thetis.
	www.velocity.net /~jutman/virtiliad.htm (7864 words)

	Argives (Early Hoplite Greek) (DBA I/52a) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A delegation of Argives was allowed to leave the grove, but broke their promises to the Spartans, prompting Cleomenes to burn it down, killing the balance of Argive fugitives sheltered there.
		Instead, Cleomenes offered sacrifices at the Argive temple of Hera (flogging the priest when he was refused entrance) and then explaining to the Spartan ephors that his decision not to take Argos was due to his desire to bring the city into the Peloponnesian League as an ally.
		Argive hoplites would be armed and equipped like other classical Greek hoplites, with a linen cuirass, a Corinthinian-style helmet, a round (hoplon) shield, a thrusting spear and sword.
	www.fanaticus.org /dba/armies/I52a.html (2082 words)

	The History of the Peloponnesian War: Chapter XVI
		The persons with whom they had communicated reported the proposal to their government and people, and the Argives passed the decree and chose twelve men to negotiate an alliance for any Hellenic state that wished it, except Athens and Lacedaemon, neither of which should be able to join without reference to the Argive people.
		The Lacedaemonian envoys returning home, some Argive ambassadors who happened to be in Corinth pressed her to conclude the alliance without further delay, but were told to attend at the next congress to be held at Corinth.
		What the Argives first demanded was that they might be allowed to refer to the arbitration of some state or private person the question of the Cynurian land, a piece of frontier territory about which they have always been disputing, and which contains the towns of Thyrea and Anthene, and is occupied by the Lacedaemonians.
	www.thucydides.co.uk /history_of_the_peloponnesian_war/xvi.htm (7484 words)

	The Iliad -- Chapter 12 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Argives, cowed by the scourge of Jove, were hemmed in at their ships in fear of Hector the mighty minister of Rout, who as heretofore fought with the force and fury of a whirlwind.
		The Argives, discomfited though they were, were forced to defend their ships, and all the gods who were defending the Achæans were vexed in spirit; but the Lapithae kept on fighting with might and main.
		The Argives on their part got their men in fighting order within the wall, and there was a deadly struggle between them.
	www.litrix.com /iliad/iliad012.htm (2812 words)

	THUCYDIDES BOOK V, JOWETT TRANSLATION
		The agreement concerning the treaty and the oaths and the alliance shall be inscribed on a stone column in the Acropolis by the Athenians, by the Argives on a similar column in the temple of Apollo in the Agora, and by the Mantineans in the temple of Zeus in the Agora.
		The Argives, although dissatisfied with the truce, were reluctant to break it, so they bade them depart; and, when they desired to treat, they would not present them to the assembly until they were compelled by the importunity of their Mantinean and Elean allies, who had not yet left Argos.
		The Argives and Lacedaemonians renewed the oaths formerly taken by the Lacedaemonians to the Chalcidians and swore new ones.
	classicpersuasion.org /pw/thucydides/jthucbk5rv2.htm (17382 words)

	Iliad, Scroll XII
		The Argives, cowed by the scourge of Zeus, were hemmed in at their ships in fear of Hektor the mighty minister of Rout, who as heretofore fought with the force and fury of a whirlwind.
		The Argives, discomfited though they were, were forced to defend their ships, and all the gods who were defending the Achaeans were vexed in spirit; but the Lapiths kept on fighting with might and main.
		Many a man’s body was wounded with the pitiless bronze, as he turned round and bared his back to the foe, and many were struck clean through their shields; the wall and battlements were everywhere deluged with the blood alike of Trojans and of Achaeans.
	courses.dce.harvard.edu /~clase116/txt_iliad12.html (3055 words)

	Book (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		[6.77] The Argives, when they heard of this, marched down to the sea to defend their country; and arriving in the neighbourhood of Tiryns, at the place which bears the name of Sepeia, they pitched their camp opposite to the Lacedaemonians, leaving no great space between the hosts.
		[6.78] Now when Cleomenes heard that the Argives were acting thus, he commanded his troops that, so soon as the herald gave the word for the soldiers to go to dinner, they should instantly seize their arms and charge the host of the enemy.
		[6.79] When things were at this pass Cleomenes acted as follows: Having learnt the names of the Argives who were shut up in the sacred precinct from certain deserters who had come over to him, he sent a herald to summon them one by one, on pretence of having received their ransoms.
	www.herodotuswebsite.co.uk /Text/book6b.htm (9003 words)

	All Empires - The Spartans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It eventually led to war with Sparta, and the Argive arrmy was one to be reckoned with.
		The Argive army was very careless, and in that same year he surprised and defeated the Argive army near Sepia.
		The Argives were either killed by the fire or driven out and kill, and in the end the Argive casualties numbered 6,000, over two thirds of the entire Argive army.
	www.allempires.com /empires/spartan/spartan1.htm (3433 words)

	WowEssays.com - Achilles, The Hero
		When the Argives asked Achilles and his friend, Patroclus, to help them conquer Troy and get Helen back, Achilles agreed only because of the glory and fame he could achieve from it.
		He joined the Argives because he felt this war would be the quickest way to gain glory.
		At this point Achilles has stopped helping the Argives in their battle against Troy because he is mad at Agamemnon.
	www.wowessays.com /dbase/ae1/ejs8.shtml (735 words)

	The Iliad of Homer - BOOK X
		Then he rose, and did on his doublet about his breast, and beneath his shining feet he bound on fair sandals, and thereafter clad him in the tawny skin of a lion fiery and great, a skin that reached to the feet, and he grasped his spear.
		Then went he on his way to rouse his brother, that mightily ruled over all the Argives, and as a god was honoured by the people.
		He spake, and that other with strong hand was about to touch his chin, and implore his mercy, but Diomedes smote him on the midst of the neck, rushing on him with the sword, and cut through both the sinews, and the head of him still speaking was mingled with the dust.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Iliad/00000022.htm (4852 words)

	History of Herodotus by Herodotus
		The Argives collected troops to resist the seizure of Thyrea, but before any battle was fought, the two parties came to terms, and it was agreed that three hundred Spartans and three hundred Argives should meet and fight for the place, which should belong to the nation with whom the victory rested.
		It was stipulated also that the other troops on each side should return home to their respective countries, and not remain to witness the combat, as there was danger, if the armies stayed, that either the one or the other, on seeing their countrymen undergoing defeat, might hasten to their assistance.
		Upon this the Argives, who up to that time had worn their hair long, cut it off close, and made a law, to which they attached a curse, binding themselves never more to let their hair grow, and never to allow their women to wear gold, until they should recover Thyrea.
	www.4literature.net /Herodotus/History_of_Herodotus/12.html (1251 words)

	The Argives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Argives - The Argives are the men and women of Argos who completely accept their submission to Aegistheus.
		Aegistheus has attempted to make his subjects feel that his eyes are on them all the time, judging them even in their private moments.
		The Argives, completely unaware that they are free, do not realize the service Orestes has done them by killing their oppressive rulers.
	www.sparknotes.com /drama/theflies/terms/char_10.html (122 words)

	The Fall of Troy: Book IV: How in the Funeral Games of Achilles heroes contended
		But for Achilles still the Argives mourned Beside the swift ships: heart-sick were they all With dolorous pain and grief.
		But first amidst them all rose Neleus' son, 140 Not as desiring in the strife of fists To toil, nor strain of wrestling; for his arms And all his sinews were with grievous eld Outworn, but still his heart and brain were strong.
		That noble song acclaiming Argives praised; Yea, silver-looted Thetis smiled, and gave The singer fleetfoot horses, given of old Beside Caicus' mouth by Telephus To Achilles, when he healed the torturing wound With that same spear wherewith himself had pierced Telephus' thigh, and thrust the point clear through.
	sunsite.berkeley.edu /OMACL/Troy/book4.html (3677 words)

	Greek Mythology: POENA / POINE Dracaena, Serpent-Woman of Argos
		POINE was a monstrous DRAKAINA summoned up from the Underworld by the god Apollon to plague the Argives as punishment for the cruel death of his new-born son, Linos.
		She was perhaps the same as the Argive Ekhidna, and also bears a certain resemblance to the child-devouring demon Lamia.
		He was found and destroyed by sheepdogs of Krotopos, and Apollon send Poine (Vengeance) to the city to punish the Argives.
	www.theoi.com /Ther/DrakainaPoine.html (772 words)

	The Single Combat of Eteocles and Polynices
		But when all the ranks had taken up their position, spear in hand, men came out from the city, helmeted in flashing bronze, and among them was Eteocles, the stout son of Oedipus and a bold warrior.
		And when the leaders of the Bocotians and the soldiers of the Argives met together, they clashed together their shields, their spears and the might of bronze-breast plated men: and there arose a dreadful din.
		And Achaeans and Boeotians rejoiced, and they drew up their horses in ranks, and dismounted themselves, and took off their suits of armour and laid them on the ground near one another, and there was little space round about.
	www.marxists.org /archive/marx/works/1837-pre/engels/37_09.htm (585 words)

	Iliad by Homer
		When they came to the part where the bravest and most in number were gathered about mighty Diomed, fighting like lions or wild boars of great strength and endurance, there Juno stood still and raised a shout like that of brazen-voiced Stentor, whose cry was as loud as that of fifty men together.
		"Argives," she cried; "shame on cowardly creatures, brave in semblance only; as long as Achilles was fighting, fi his spear was so deadly that the Trojans dared not show themselves outside the Dardanian gates, but now they sally far from the city and fight even at your ships."
		With these words she put heart and soul into them all, while Minerva sprang to the side of the son of Tydeus, whom she found near his chariot and horses, cooling the wound that Pandarus had given him.
	www.4literature.net /Homer/Iliad/22.html (1246 words)

	Peloponnesian War -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		They were supported in this by (An ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC) Argos, a powerful state within the Peloponnese that had remained independent of Lacedaemon.
		The Argives, allies of the Athenians, succeeded in forming a grand alliance against Sparta.
		The (Click link for more info and facts about Battle of Mantinea) Battle of Mantinea was the largest land battle fought within Greece during the Peloponnesian War.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peloponnesian_war.htm (2601 words)

	Statius' Thebaid, Book 6
		According to an Argive story Linus was the son of Psamathe, a princess of Argos.
		This is a second pyre to atone for the blood guilt incurred by the Argives in killing the snake that had caused the death of the child and that they were going to incur when they attacked Thebes.
		The Argives look at him not without fear even though he was made of bronze and their own glory.
	depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu /classics/dunkle/statius/statius.htm (12353 words)

	Thucydides - Chapter XVI
		The Athenians, Argives, Eleans, and Mantineans shall be allies for a
		the citadel, by the Argives in the market-place, in the temple of
		and of the allies of the Lacedaemonians and the allies of the Argives.
	homepages.compuserve.de /holznagela/Thucydides/16.htm (11695 words)

	The Iliad: Book XII
		The Argives, discomfited though they were, were forced to defend their ships, and all the gods who were defending the Achaeans were vexed in spirit; but the Lapithae kept on fighting with might and main.
		The two Ajaxes went about everywhere on the walls cheering on the Achaeans, giving fair words to some while they spoke sharply to any one whom they saw to be remiss.
		"My friends," they cried, "Argives one and all- good bad and indifferent, for there was never fight yet, in which all were of equal prowess- there is now work enough, as you very well know, for all of you.
	www.sacred-texts.com /cla/homer/ili/ili11.htm (2773 words)

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