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Headword:
*)argei/a
Adler number: alpha,3766
Translated headword: Argeia
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [sc. An epithet of] Hera.
Or the land of the Argives.
Greek Original:*)argei/a: *(/hra. h)\ h( tw=n *)argei/wn gh=.
Notes:
On Argos [
Myth,
Place], in the NE Peloponnese, see generally OCD(4) p.149, s.v. 'Argos(1)' and Barrington Atlas map 58 grids D2-E2. Hera was the principal deity there: OCD(4) pp.149-50, s.v. Argos, cults'.
The Argive territory is more commonly known as Argolis.
Keywords: definition; geography; mythology; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 10 August 2001@20:19:01.
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