" .. '"l, . " ~ .' -, .. THE ARGOLID, IN LIE GEOMETRIC AND ARCHAIC TIMES' ,. -. , -. - " < . . . ~ ' .. 1 -" '-\ " \.. 'f: F \l-,.: b' l- if , f il; il k li I, ; t-e' , , r J' 1 , " " r l, ,1. l,r Anne Foley M.A. / ) / ; Abstraet Classics McGill University Montreal, CanJda 1 The Argolid in Late Geometrie and Archaie Times The foeus of ,this study involves! an examinatio,)1 of botl} 'the ar'ohaeologieal'and the 'traditional evidence in order to -- \ ,?ome to a elerer understapding of the of the Argo-lid in the historie period, specifieally in the Late Geometrie qnd Archaic petiods. Partieular attehtion 16 pa id throughout to Argos, the oit Y whieh was the strongest in the Argolid during the' .periods in question, -a .,taet which ar-.' chaeolo9Y tends to eonfirm. Highlighting this is the attempt , to de'termine through a 'factual consideration of both sources of- evidence when Argos reached h,er peak politi-cally and eulturally. Once this has been aseertained, the remainder is deyoted to the dtes of the reign King Pheidon, . ,a"man linked to the most glorious period in Ar-give history. 1 .' 1 f' 1 l . , Anne M.A. , , 'Rsum. Etudes Anciennes Universit McGill Montral, Canada L' Argolide l'ge 'du Gomtrique , et Archaique Jr Le point priticipal de cet ouvrage comprentl une des 1 1 tmoign(ages archblogiques et' ,tradt tionnels, afin d avoir une comprhension PlU!S claire ,de la pc>sitio.n de l'Argolide aux temps surtout l'ge du gomtrique rcent ct l ' archaique. Du commencement la volved in the des,tructi.0n IIf numerous cities within lidi these acts among others caused the ancient writers to Argos as the- strongest city within the Argolid, hold-ing sway politically, rnilitarily and religiously over this entite area. Central to this whole tradition and connected t so closely with Argos that it is impossible to mention the one without the other i5 King Pheidon, whose numerous achleve-o >, ments are listed by several ancient a,uthors but who:;;e reign . has never been fixed wi th certaintYi though attempts ta do so have been frequent. In essence, l wanted to examine these and others using both sources of information, archaeological and tradi-tional, as opposed to' the cornmon practice of ernploying one ,1 but neglecting : of ignoring, the otheror, USlng it when it conforms to the The first part of the study comprises solely the archaeological evidence, prepented ln a factual manner. It begins with a chapter on the dis-tribution of sites, as this provides a useful starting point, an introduction to aIl the sites the Argo-lid, thelr of occupation and distri,bution. Later chapters expand on the various archaeological factors which [J contribute a clear picture of growth of the Argolid and particularly of Argos during the periods follow-o ing the demise of the Late 'Bronze Age Part II treats the traditions specifically connected with the Argolid during the perids from the return of the Herakleidai up ta and including Pheidon, with a look iv '; "1 ;i, t'; 1 1 '" '4 ., i } ; ... > 1 1 \ , j. j 4 " l , , rt' o' ," . 1 .... . . \, .r. j'" j 0' c '. J -. ' r ,,'b .... , . '. . f)' ' .. ! 1 - j J ''111l at la ter', tradi tions. It became eviden t,in wr i ting tl]Js s,ec-tion that the traditiohs corroborate the archaeologial evi-Do, dence to a much larger extent at fip:st an'ttcipatd an,d thus in final section, the synthesis, it is possible to give a rathr complete, picture 6f the growth of and the .Argolid froni the Submycenaean to Archaic periods. also'possibie to arrive at a tentative date for an Argive height of power and hence pr'Obably for. Pheidon h,im-self. . FiRally there-are two appendices,r[he first of which' cohtains the details concerning the sites and finds. as weIl as listing a full for site, thus the information swrunarized i,n Chapter 1. The second Appendix, Coinage, is relevant insofqr as Pheidon of Argos i8 named as the inventor of coinage, in mainl.and Greece: thus a review of the date of this invention and the problems b 1 emanating fram it with .regard ta Pheidon neessary. o . . " , .. v: c r , ' , ,l J l i i 1 " , 'j'. ' , >