Argolide
See also: Argolide (river)
The Argolide (in Greek modern Αργολίδα Argolída , in Greek old and Katharévousa Ἀργολίς Argolís , official name) is a Péninsule of Greece, bordered in north by the Golfe Saronique and in the south by the Golfe argolidic. It consists of a series of covered hills limestones of pine forests and olivettes. The coastal plains are fertile. One cultivates the orange trees and citrus fruits there.
The Argolide is a names Greece whose capital is Nauplie.
History
In antiquity, Argolide included/understood, in addition to the State of Argos, the Trézénie, the Épidaurie and the Hermionie. Its principal cities were Argos, Mycènes, Tirynthe, Nauplie, Trézène, Hermione and Épidaure.Populated originally by the Pélasges, Argolide belonged then to the Inachides (1986-1572). Danaos wire of Bélos, drove out some and the dynasty of the Bélides substituted to them. After the death of Abas (1498), Argolide was divided between its sons: Acrisios, one of them, reigned with Argos; it had as successors Persée, Sthénélos and Eurysthée, the uncle of Hercules. The Pélopides reigned there then with the detriment of Hercules and his descendants; Agamemnon, grandson of Pélops and wire of Atrée, had Argos at the time of the Trojan War (1280). When the Héraclides had returned in the Peloponnese (1190), Argos échut with Téménos. In 820, after the death of Eratos, the royalty was abolished and replaced by oligarchy. Since the VII front century J. - C., this region was subjected a long time to the Spartiates. The year 233 av. J. - C., Argolide meets in the Achaean Ligue; she succumbed with her in 146 av. J. - C. She since obeyed the Romains successively, with Byzance, the crossed princes, Venice, the Ottoman Empire, and recovered its independence only in 1825 to belong to the Greece.
Modern Argolide
August 1st
Simple: Argolis
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