ARGOS ARGOLIS SILVER HEMIDRACHM___Wolf Forepart & Eagle
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VE01 FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS A BEAUTIFUL SILVER HEMIDRACHM OF ARGOS ARGOLIS FROM AFTER 343 BC. THE SIZE IS 18.8 MM AND 2.34 GRAMS. BCD Peloponnesos 1177 - 1178 OBVERSE – Forepart of Wolf at Bay REVERSE – Large A within incuse square, with an eagle underneath; all within shallow incuse square Argos city was named after its first King, Argos, son of Zeus and his first mortal wife, Niobe. Ancient myths have it that Argos was the first to teach Greeks the cultivation of wheat, with seeds he had brought from Libya. A proof of this comes from Homer, who called the Argolis Plain a Libyan Plain. Already in Iliad, Argos is described as the kingdom of Diomed, and it was he who led his soldiers all the way to Troy. Bronze Age Argos was, together with Mycenae and Tiryns, ruling the plain of Argolis. From the beginning of Archaic Times (c. 800 B.C.) and through to Classical Times, Argos was one of the most prominent city-states, together with Athens, Sparta and Corinth. Around the beginning of the 5th century B.C., Sparta invaded Argolis and Argos was captured. Yet, although not a strong military power any longer, the Argives continued to excel in Arts. One of the most impressive monuments of the Hellenistic period in Argos was its Theater, on the southwest slopes of the Acropolis of Larissa, in direct neighborhood with the city's Agora. Later
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