Argos region

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historical region region of ancient Greece

The Argos region is an area of ancient Greece in the northeastern Peloponnese, historically dominated by the city-state of Argos and frequently used as a setting in Greek mythology and drama.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Argolis region 1
Argos in the Peloponnese 1
Argos region canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region of ancient Greece ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Atreid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithHero Diomedes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heracles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMyth House of Atreus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oresteia cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trojan War legends ⓘ
capital Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantCity Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Argive kings ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Argos (archaeological site) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Heraion of Argos (archaeological site) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCity Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSanctuary Heraion of Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra Archaic Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor cult of Hera NERFINISHED ⓘ
military power in Archaic period ⓘ
role in Greek theater settings ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Peloponnese ⓘ
northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ
mentionedInWork Aeschylus' Oresteia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Euripides' plays NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iliad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odyssey NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Argos NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringRegion Arcadia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corinthia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laconia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Argolid NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mycenaean cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalCenter Argos (city-state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
strategicImportance control of northeastern Peloponnese ⓘ
traditionalEthnicGroup Argives NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAsSettingIn Greek drama ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Electra (Euripides) → setting → Argos region ⓘ
Temenus of Argos → narrativeLocation → Argos region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argos in the Peloponnese
Gulf of Argolis → region → Argos region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argolis region