Ἄργος (2), εος: Argos, a name with some
variety of application.—(1) the city of Argos in Argolis,
the domain of Diomed, Il. 2.559, Il. 6.224, Il.
14.119, Od. 3.180, Od. 15.224, Od.
21.108; epithets, Ἀχαιικόν,
ἱππόβοτον, πολύπυ_ρον.—(2) in wider sense, the
realm of Agamemnon, who dwelt in Mycēnae, Il. 1.30, Il.
2.108, 115,
Il. 4.171, Il.
9.22, Il. 13.379, Ο 30, Od.
3.263.—(3) the entire Peloponnēsus, Il. 6.152, Od.
3.251, Od. 4.174; and with
Hellas (καθ᾽ Ἑλλάδα καὶ μέσον
Ἄργος) for the whole of Greece, Od. 1.344, Od. 4.726,
816.—(4) Πελασγικόν, the
domain of Achilles, the valley and plain of the river
Penēus, Il. 2.681, Il. 6.456, Il.
24.437, Od. 24.37. In some
passages the name is used too vaguely to determine its
exact application.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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