. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. gjoined the Spartans against them ; its inhabitants removed to Asinein Messenia. Islands.—The coast of Argolis is fringed with islands, of which themost important are—Tiparenus, more probably Tricarenus, anotherform of Tricrana, Trikliiri, though frequently identified with Spetzia;Hydrea, Hydra, off the coast of Hermionis and Troezenia : andCalauria, Poro, opposite Troezenia, possessing an ancient temple ofPoseidon, in which Demosthenes terminated his life. History.—The authentic history of Arg
. The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography. gjoined the Spartans against them ; its inhabitants removed to Asinein Messenia. Islands.—The coast of Argolis is fringed with islands, of which themost important are—Tiparenus, more probably Tricarenus, anotherform of Tricrana, Trikliiri, though frequently identified with Spetzia;Hydrea, Hydra, off the coast of Hermionis and Troezenia : andCalauria, Poro, opposite Troezenia, possessing an ancient temple ofPoseidon, in which Demosthenes terminated his life. History.—The authentic history of Argolis commences at the timeof the Dorian invasion, when that country fell to the lot of Temenus,and Argos was constituted the Dorian capital. The conquest of thetowns was gradual, and most of them retained their Achaean popula-tion. The sovereignty of Argos extended over the whole E. coast ofPeloponnesus and even over Cythera, and she was the head of a leaguesimilar to the Amphictyonic, of which Phlius, Cleonse, Sicyon, Epi-daurus, Trcezen, Hermione, and ^Egina, were members. Under Pheidon,. retained its independenceuntil 416, when itwas destroyed by theArgives; (Enoe, on theCharadrus, VV. of Argos, Ruins of a Pyramid in tlie Argeia. ;^ the scene of a victorygained by the Athen-ians and Argives overthe Lacedaemonians ; Euripides refers to this :— - QovCas VLV ;;, Ep/atcov r e^et TroAts. Here. Fur. 614. Chap. XXIII. CYXUEIA. 469 770-730, the power of Argos was at its highest, and an attemptwas made to subject the whole of Peloponnesus. Subsequently, herpower declined before that of S^Darta, and the loss of Cynuria in 547was followed by the decisive victory of Cleornenes near Tn^yns. Argostook no part in the Persian Wars, but Tiryns and Mycenc-e juinedSparta. These cities were destroyed by Argos about 4»jS, and theirpopulation added to the capital. Avhich thus regained its former supre-macy. In the Peloponnesian War the Argives remained neutral forthe f
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