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    The Heraion of Argos (Greek: Ἡραῖον Ἄργους) is an ancient temple in Argos, Greece. It was part of the greatest sanctuary in the Argolid, dedicated to...
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  • of Samos, the most important of the sanctuaries dedicated to Hera Heraion of Argos, near Nafplion in Argolis Heraion of Perachora (Hera Akraia and Hera...
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    Argos (/ˈɑːrɡɒs, -ɡəs/; Greek: Άργος [ˈarɣos]; Ancient and Katharevousa: Ἄργος [árɡos]) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece...
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    Hera (category Children of Cronus)
    undertaken in her honor. The temples of Hera in the two main centers of her cult, the Heraion of Samos and the Heraion of Argos in the Argolis, were the very...
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    Ancient drachma (category Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter)
    Herakleides of Pontos (387–312 BC) who was informed by the priests of Heraion that Pheidon, king of Argos, dedicated rod-shaped obeloi to Heraion. Similar...
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    Io (mythology) (category Mortal women of Zeus)
    Hesiodic Catalogue of Women. A mourning commemoration of Io was observed at the Heraion of Argos into classical times. The ancients connected Io with the...
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    Priestess of Hera at Argos was the High Priestess of the Goddess Hera, the protective city deity of Ancient Argos, on the Heraion of Argos in Argos. It was...
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    The Heraion of Perachora (Greek: Ηραίο Περαχώρας) is a sanctuary of the goddess Hera situated in a small cove of the Corinthian gulf at the end of the...
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    Obol (coin) (category Ancient Greek units of measurement)
    century BC) is said to have mentioned the obols of Heraion. Excavations at Argos discovered several dozen of these early obols, dated well before 800 BC;...
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  • water of the Eleutherion by the Heraion of Argos was also used for ritual bathing. Ablution (disambiguation) Ritual washing Nerthus: ritual washing of a Germanic...
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