Argos, Peloponnese
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Argos is a city and a former municipality in the Peloponnese region of Greece, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the largest city in Argolis, having nearly twice
Panoramic view of Argos
Triobol of Argos, struck c. 270–250 BC. Obv.: forepart of a wolf, alluding to Apollo Lykeios, the patron-god of the city; rev.: large A (for Argos) within an incuse square.
The Heraion of Argos
View of the ancient theatre
Classical Athens
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Athens, was a prominent city-state of ancient Greece during the classical period, in the peninsula of Attica. Athens was a centre for the arts, learning, and philosophy, and is widely referred to as a
Early Athenian coin, 5th century BC. British Museum
The modern National Academy in Athens, with Apollo and Athena on their columns, and Socrates and Plato seated in front.
The Acropolis imagined in an 1846 painting by Leo von Klenze
The Temple of Hephaestus in modern-day Athens