Árgos, in the Argolid, is a country town situated in a fertile plain near the Gulf of Náfplion, at the foot of two hills - Lárisa (948ft/289m), crowned by a castle, and the low dome of Aspís 260ft/80m).
The site of Árgos was occupied in pre-Greek times, and during the Mycenaean period it became the seat
of the Danaid dynasty. After the coming of the Dorians, in the first millennium B.C., it grew into a place of considerable importance, although during the seventh and sixth centuries it exhausted itself in strife with Sparta. In the fifth century the Árgos school of sculptors produced the great Polykleitos, who perfected the canon (the ideal human figure) of Doric sculpture. In 146 BC. the city became Roman. In A.D. 267 and 305 it was plundered by the Goths. During the Middle Ages and the early modern period it was held at different times by the Venetians (1388- 1463, 1686-1715) and the Turks (1463-1686, 1715-1826). National assemblies were held in the ancient theater in 1821 and 1829.
Bus connections with Náfplion and Palaiá Epídavros.
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