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[9] τὴν δὲ ἀκρόπολιν τῶν Ἀργείων οἰκίσαι λέγεται Δαναός, ὃς τοσοῦτον τοὺς πρὸ αὐτοῦ δυναστεύοντας ἐν τοῖς τόποις ὑπερβαλέσθαι δοκεῖ ὥστε κατ᾽ Εὐριπίδην “ Πελασγιώτας ὠνομασμένους τὸ πρὶν
Δαναοὺς καλεῖσθαι νόμον ἔθηκ᾽ ἀν᾽ Ἑλλάδα.
”1ἔστι δὲ καὶ τάφος αὐτοῦ κατὰ μέσην τὴν τῶν Ἀργείων ἀγοράν: καλεῖται δὲ πλίνθος. οἶμαι δ᾽ ὅτι καὶ Πελασγιώτας καὶ Δαναούς, ὥσπερ καὶ Ἀργείους, ἡ δόξα τῆς πόλεως ταύτης ἀπ᾽ αὐτῆς καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους Ἕλληνας καλεῖσθαι παρεσκεύασεν: οὕτω δὲ καὶ Ἰασίδας καὶ Ἴασον Ἄργος. καὶ Ἀπίαν καὶ Ἀπιδόνας οἱ νεώτεροί φασιν: Ὅμηρος δ᾽ Ἀπιδόνας μὲν οὐ λέγει, ἀπίαν δὲ τὴν πόρρω μᾶλλον. ὅτι δ᾽ Ἄργος τὴν Πελοπόννησον λέγει, προσλαβεῖν ἔστι καὶ τάδε “ Ἀργείη δ᾽ Ἑλένη
”2 καὶ “ ἔστι πόλις Ἐφύρη μυχῷ Ἄργεος
”3 καὶ “ μέσον Ἄργος
”4καὶ “ πολλῇσιν νήσοισι καὶ Ἄργεϊ παντὶ ἀνάσσειν.
”5 Ἄργος δὲ καὶ τὸ πεδίον λέγεται παρὰ τοῖς νεωτέροις, παρ᾽ Ὁμήρῳ δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἅπαξ: μάλιστα δ᾽ οἴονται Μακεδονικὸν καὶ Θετταλικὸν εἶναι.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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