Argolis

[Page 161] could the Danai, who were originally but a small tribe settled on the mainland in Argolis, be described as "those who dwell in their islands."

Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers 1891

That they are now called Danai or descendants of Danaos, the traditional King of Argolis, is a point to be noted; for it shows that these barbarian Greeks had already a legendary lore of their own.

Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers 1891

[Page 168] ury of Minyas – the former at Mycenæ, in Argolis, the latter at Orchomenos, in Boeotia.

Pharaohs, Fellahs and Explorers 1891

Yet it turns out, to my infinite scholastic delight, that there was a region in the Eastern Peloponnese called Lerna Λέρνα described as "a marsh in Argolis, the mythological abode of the Hydra," a monster who was eventually slain by the great demigod and all-around hero Heracles as part of his second labour.

The place of lilies 2010

(Addressing each of her sons in turn) To thee thy dead sire was for giving Argos; and thou wert to dwell in the halls of Eurystheus, lording it o'er the fair fruitful land of Argolis; and o'er thy head would he throw that lion's skin wherewith himself was girt.

Heracles 2008

(Addressing each of her sons in turn) To thee thy dead sire was for giving Argos; and thou wert to dwell in the halls of Eurystheus, lording it o'er the fair fruitful land of Argolis; and o'er thy head would he throw that lion's skin wherewith himself was girt.

Heracles 2008

During the same summer, about the same time, the Lacedaemonians and their allies invaded Argolis and wasted most of the Argive territory.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

The Thyrean territory is a strip of land coming down to the sea on the borders of Argolis and Laconia.

The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

Despairing henceforth to do any good this way, he fell openly with his army into Argolis, and plundered it, and, in a fierce battle with Aristippus near the river Chares, he was accused of having withdrawn out of the fight, and thereby abandoned the victory.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Lieutenant Arex is involved in a shuttle accident near the Argolis Cluster, which propels him forward in time seventy-one years.

No Limits Peter David 2003