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222 ARGOS.
The approach to Argos was defended by two long walls, ex-
tending1 to the sea, as at Athens, Eleusis, Megara, Corinth, and
Patrae. According to Plutarch, xAlcibiades advised the Argians to
join their city to the sea by long walls; and, for that purpose, sent
them masons from Athens. They were constructed in the fifteenth
year of the Peloponnesian war.3
We find that Argos was at a very early period dependant on
Mycenx', at least in the time of Perseus. The King of Mycenae is
called by Homer " the King of many islands, and of all Argos;"
which, some are of opinion, signified the whole Peloponnesos. Aga-
memnon increased his territory, possessing Laconia and Corinthia.
The foundation of Argos by Inachos is supposed to have taken
place about 232 years after that of Sicyon, which corresponds to
1856 years before our era. It was for a long time the most flourish-
ing city in Greece, and was enriched with the commerce of Assyria
and Egypt.4 In the time of Strabo it still continued to be one
of the first cities in the Peloponnesos; and, owing to the fertility
of its soil, and the advantages of its situation, was probably never
abandoned until the time of Bajazet. At present the whole plain
is extremely unhealthy in the autumnal months, and the malaria
makes greater havoc in this beautiful country than Avas ever occa-
sioned by the Lernaean hydra, or the Nemean lion.
We find that Argos and Nauplia belonged, in the fourteenth cen-
tury, to Pietro di Federico Cornaro, a noble Venetian : after his
death, his widow Bonne, or Mary d'Enguien, ceded them to the
republic of Venice in 1388, with their lands and forts, for the sum
of 700 Venetian ducats of gold, to be paid her annually, besides
2000 ducats of gold upon the act of cession/ In the year 1397,
Argos was taken by Bajazet; it wras then completely deserted,
and its walls were destroyed. It was rebuilt by the Venetians,
from whom it was taken by the Turks in 14G3, and after being
' Diodor. Sic. b. 12. c. 81. " Life of Alcibiades. ' Thucyd. b. 5. c. 82.
Herodot. b. 1. c. 1. s Hist, de Constnntinop. sous les Enip. Francois.
The approach to Argos was defended by two long walls, ex-
tending1 to the sea, as at Athens, Eleusis, Megara, Corinth, and
Patrae. According to Plutarch, xAlcibiades advised the Argians to
join their city to the sea by long walls; and, for that purpose, sent
them masons from Athens. They were constructed in the fifteenth
year of the Peloponnesian war.3
We find that Argos was at a very early period dependant on
Mycenx', at least in the time of Perseus. The King of Mycenae is
called by Homer " the King of many islands, and of all Argos;"
which, some are of opinion, signified the whole Peloponnesos. Aga-
memnon increased his territory, possessing Laconia and Corinthia.
The foundation of Argos by Inachos is supposed to have taken
place about 232 years after that of Sicyon, which corresponds to
1856 years before our era. It was for a long time the most flourish-
ing city in Greece, and was enriched with the commerce of Assyria
and Egypt.4 In the time of Strabo it still continued to be one
of the first cities in the Peloponnesos; and, owing to the fertility
of its soil, and the advantages of its situation, was probably never
abandoned until the time of Bajazet. At present the whole plain
is extremely unhealthy in the autumnal months, and the malaria
makes greater havoc in this beautiful country than Avas ever occa-
sioned by the Lernaean hydra, or the Nemean lion.
We find that Argos and Nauplia belonged, in the fourteenth cen-
tury, to Pietro di Federico Cornaro, a noble Venetian : after his
death, his widow Bonne, or Mary d'Enguien, ceded them to the
republic of Venice in 1388, with their lands and forts, for the sum
of 700 Venetian ducats of gold, to be paid her annually, besides
2000 ducats of gold upon the act of cession/ In the year 1397,
Argos was taken by Bajazet; it wras then completely deserted,
and its walls were destroyed. It was rebuilt by the Venetians,
from whom it was taken by the Turks in 14G3, and after being
' Diodor. Sic. b. 12. c. 81. " Life of Alcibiades. ' Thucyd. b. 5. c. 82.
Herodot. b. 1. c. 1. s Hist, de Constnntinop. sous les Enip. Francois.