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Argos

[ ahr-gos, -guhs ]

noun

  1. an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.


Argos

/ -ɡəs; ˈɑːɡɒs /

noun

  1. an ancient city in SE Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: one of the oldest Greek cities, it dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century bc . Pop (municipality): 29 505 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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That means the Argos does well while trudging through deep snow on truly cold days but isn’t as cumbersome as a more old-school, deep-winter boot.

Google's Jeff Calow said the Argos chip has brought "up to 20-33x improvements in compute efficiency compared to our previous optimized system, which was running software on traditional servers."

The company detailed its new "Argos" chips in a YouTube blog post, a CNET interview, and in a paper for ASPLOS, the Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems Conference.

When the protagonist finally arrives home after 20 years at war and sea, the only creature who recognizes him is his dog, Argos.

Some historians suggest that the Illyrian type was possibly an evolution of the previously mentioned Kegelhelm from the Archaic Age site at Argos.

Or he was a great warrior from the fields of Argos, and he was a good potter, known to produce beautiful things.

Adrastus, king of Argos, who assisted his son-in-law Polynices, and survived the war; Theb.

It is said that Alexander performed sacrifices in honour of Amphilochus, on account of their common affinity to Argos.

Still he said he would restore Argos to them, and as to Corinth would consult with Flamininus.

Athens acknowledged him for her benefactor; Argos, for her deliverer.

He was employed in the decoration of the Heraion, or temple of Hera, at Argos.

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