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The Argian army helps Thebes defeat the powerful city-state of Sparta.
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Around this time, a war took place between Sparta and Argos. But the reasons for this war are unknown.
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One of the most popular legends related to Argos is the legend of Io. Io was the daughter of Inachus and Zeus fell madly in love with her. To protect Io from Hera, Zeus turned Io into a cow. Hera made Zeus give her the cow and sent a gadfly to chase Io around the world. However, Zeus was eventually able to turn her back into a human and Hercules was one of her descendents.
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Phoroneus was supposed to be the child of King Inachus. Legend tells us that he was the Argian version of Prometheus and gave the Argian people fire. he is buried at Argos.
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The first known was King Inachus. Legend says that he was the god of the river that flows in front of the walls of the city. From his name, Argians are also called Indchidaes.
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King Pheidon, a descendent of Temenos, became the autocrat of Argos. He greatly increased and unified the territory of Argos. He had a huge influence over Greece and introduced standerd measuresfor all of Greece. He fixed the liquid and solid measures, which became the Pheidonian measures. He also had a hand in the striking of the first coins in Greece.
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In 494 BCE, General Kleomenes advanced through Greece. The Argian army tried to stop him. They were defeated and retreated back to the sacred grove of hero Argos. Kleomenes commited a breach of Greek customs of war and burned the grove. Two thirds of the army, over six thousand men died. :(
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The tyrannical king Pyrros tried to conquer Argos in 229 BCE. HIs invasion was stopped when he was killed by a tile thrown by an old lady.
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Around 1100 BCE, the Dorians came and conquered parts of Greece. They also destroyed Mycenae and Tyrins. Argos became the base of legendary Dorian leader Temenos. Argos prospered underhis rule.
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During the Corinth War, Argos was an ally of Corinth. Why? Just because. We don't know. No one knows. All we know is that they were defeated.
