ARGOS

Mallory Grossman, Daniel Hopkins, Sumer Alamam, Nicole Arita

GEOGRAPHY

Lies on fertile Argolid plain in eastern Peloponnese, Greece

Ancient Argos- built on two hills: Aspis and Larissa

There is a 6 mile distance from the cities Argos and Mykenae (Mycenae)

FOOD SOURCE

Breakfast was eaten just after sunrise-consisted of bread dipped in wine

Lunch- bread dipped in wine along with olives, figs, cheese, dried fish

Dinner-main meal, eaten near sunset, consists of vegetables, fruit, fish, and sometimes honey cakes

Soil wasn’t fertile so they had to fight to grow food which they did successfully

GOVERNMENT

2nd oldest city after Knossos There government was a monarchy,

which means they had a king and queen

Argos was a long time rival of Sparta from the 5th to 7th century BCE

RELIGION

Believed in twelve major gods, each had a special and unique power

People of Argos were very religious, and respected their gods

Each city-state including Argos had a acropolis, a fortified hill with a temple of a certain god

ARCHITECTURE

Had tombs They had an odeum for performances Theatres had 81 rows which had a

ability to fit 20,000 people

WRITING

They were wonderful poets They wrote in Greek Spoke Greek

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

They traded for food because certain food was scarce.

ARTS

Mycenaean people built tombs and theatres.

The theaters were called “odeums”. They were used for musical and

theatrical purposes. They had mosaic floors that depicted

Dionysus and the months of the year. The Mycenaeans’ also made

“geometric style” pottery. Made stone sculptures of athletes. Were wonderful musicians and poets.

LEGACY

They did numerous things effectively Such as the development of coinage Coinage made trade much easier

TECHNOLOGY

They had the invention of coinage which helped them with trade

Had bronze armor

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://greece.mrdonn.org/argos.html http://www.ancient.eu.com/argos/ http://www.sikyon.com/Argos/argos eg.

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