A large district on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
During the Trojan War, Argos was under the dominion of the Achaian commander, Diomedes. Tydeus, father of Diomedes, became a wealthy and respected man after he left Aitolia and settled in Argos. Diomedes inherited sovereignty of Argos after Tydeus was killed at Thebes in Boeotia.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, lines 161, 177; book 4, lines 8, 19, 171, 174; book 5, line 908; book 6, lines 152, 224, 323; book 7, line 350; book 9, lines 22, 140, 246, 282; book 13, line 379; book 14, line 119; book 15, lines 30, 372; book 19, line 329 |