History

goes back to Pheidon king of Argos (770-730 3.c.). About 547 Bc. some 6000 of its citizens were slain by the Spartans, and the temple of Héra was burnt, After many vici itudes Argos is said to have still had a population of 100,000 souls in 402 B.c., being equal to Athens. The favourite shrine of the Akhaian Héra was midway between Argos and Mukéné (also Argive), where the prieste rode (at the fétes held every four years) in a chariot drawn by two white bulls, followed by the populace. In the centre of the Argos Akropolis was the shrine of Zeus, and of Apollo Puthaios: on the height to the west was that of Zeus of Lari a; and on the slope a temple of Héra.