Ἀργεία

Argeia

Translated by Jennifer Benedict10 Aug 2001Vetting: high5 revisions

11 words

[sc. An epithet of] Hera.
Or the land of the Argives.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀργεία· Ἥρα. ἢ ἡ τῶν Ἀργείων γῆ.

Betacode

*)argei/a: *(/hra. h)\ h( tw=n *)argei/wn gh=.

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.