Argolis

American  

[ahr-guh-lis] / ˈɑr gə lɪs /

noun

1. an ancient district in southeastern Greece.

2. Gulf of Argolis, a gulf of the Aegean, in southeastern Greece. About 30 miles (48 km) long.

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Argolis British  

/ ˈɑːɡəlɪs /

noun

1. a department and ancient region of Greece, in the NE Peloponnese. Capital: Nauplion. Pop: 102 392 (2001). Area: 2261 sq km (873 sq miles)

2. an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese

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Other Word Forms

• Argolian adjective
• Argolic adjective
• Argolid adjective

Example Sentences

The mountain of Methane, on the coast of Argolis, was produced by a volcanic eruption in 282 B.C.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Nemean, nē′mē-an, adj. pertaining to Nemea, a valley of Argolis in the Peloponnesus, famous for its public games held in the second and fourth of each Olympiad.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

From Argolis there are a considerable number of early inscriptions, and in a later form of the dialect the cures recorded at the temple of Asklepios at Epidaurus present many points of interest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

It is very easy to see why all the Greek myths have placed the earliest empires, the earliest arts, and the earliest conquests, in the plains of Argolis.

From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.

Among such rites Pausanias mentions, at Hermione of Dryopian Argolis, the fete of Chthonian Demeter, a summer festival.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew