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Argos is the city-state of perfection with beautiful statues, plays, theaters, music, and even more!! 

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Argos is one amzaing city-state! It's got amazing sculptures of athletes with perfect bodies and huge muscles, beautiful plays, and even more!! 

Type of Government:
Monarchy 

Guess who was born in Argos???........

Perseus, son of Zeus! The almighty one who defeated the evil Medusa!! 

 

 

Works Cited 

Argos - Ancient History Encyclopedia

History of Ancient Argos - Ancient Greek Cities

Argos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Argos, Ancient Greek City-State - Ancient Greece for Kids

Argos | Greece | Encyclopedia Britannica

Ancient Greece-Argos, Greece-Archaeological Sites of Argos

Ancient Greece for Kids: Greek City-States - Ducksters

Argos, city, ancient Greece - Infoplease

 

Location

 

Argos was located in the eastern Peloponnese in Greece. The city-state sat on two hills, Aspis and Larissa. 

Cliamte- 

Our city-state of Argos was built on a plain though there was a harbor near by. Hot summers, cold winters, poor soil, made life hard for us. 

Role in Persian War
  • after the Battle at Thermopylae, Athens and Sparta asked Argos to send supplies and soldiers
  • however, the king at the time refused to send anything 
  • after that, Argos was held at disgrace by all the other cities 
Contribution to sports, arts, literature 

Polykletios who created the classical Greek style of sculptures. Also Pheidon was a king who established a system of weights and measures throughout  Peloponnesus. 

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