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'''Argos Pelasgikon''' ({{lang-grc|Ἄργος Πελασγικόν}}) is a [[Homeric]] location of [[ancient Thessaly|Thessaly]] mentioned in the "[[Catalogue of Ships]]" passage:<ref>{{Cite Iliad|2.681-85.}} [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.%20Il.%202.681&lang=original online here]</ref> |
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{{cquote|And with them were ranged thirty hollow ships. Now all those again that inhabited Pelasgian Argos, and dwelt in [[Alos, Greece|Alos]] and [[Alope (disambiguation)|Alope]] and [[Trachis]], and that held [[Phthia]] and Hellas,<ref>Hellas was another name for [[Achaea Phthiotis]], Thessaly.</ref> the land of fair women, and were called [[Myrmidons]] and [[Hellenes]] and [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaeans]]; of the fifty ships of these men was [[Achilles]] captain.<ref>Greek text: {{lang|grc|Νῦν αὖ τοὺς ὅσσοι τὸ Πελασγικὸν Ἄργος ἔναιον, |
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οἵ τ' Ἄλον οἵ τ' Ἀλόπην οἵ τε Τρηχῖνα νέμοντο,<br> |
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οἵ τ' εἶχον Φθίην ἠδ' Ἑλλάδα καλλιγύναικα, |
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Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο καὶ Ἕλληνες καὶ Ἀχαιοί, |
Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο καὶ Ἕλληνες καὶ Ἀχαιοί, |
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τῶν αὖ πεντήκοντα νεῶν ἦν ἀρχὸς Ἀχιλλεύς}}.</ref> }}It has been interpreted to be a city in the [[Pelasgiotis]] district or an alternative name of [[Phthia]],<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History: The Egyptian and Hittite empires to c. 1000 B.C By John Bagnell Bury, Stanley Arthur Cook, Frank Ezra Adcock, Martin Percival Charlesworth v. 2 - 1923 [https://books.google.com/books?id=_ijTAAAAMAAJ&q=Of+these+the+most+important+was+(17)+the+Pelasgian+Argos,+or+Phthia,+the+kingdom&dq=Of+these+the+most+important+was+(17)+the+Pelasgian+Argos,+or+Phthia,+the+kingdom Page 481]</ref> the kingdom of [[Peleus]] and [[Achilles]] or pertaining to the whole Thessaly.<ref>Landmarks of Homeric Study By W E Gladstone [https://books.google.com/books?id=Tt-YQetaxDAC&pg=PA40&dq=Argos+Pelasgicon#v=onepage&q=Argos%20Pelasgicon&f=false Page 40] {{ISBN|1-110-49230-8}} (2009)</ref> [[Strabo]] reports that: ''Some take the Pelasgian Argos as a Thessalian city once situated in the neighborhood of [[Larisa]] but now no longer existent; but others take it, not as a city, but as the plain of the Thessalians, which is referred to by this name because [[Abas (mythology)|Abas]], who brought a colony there from [[Argos]], so named it<ref>Geographica 9.5.5</ref>''. Strabo gives also the following post-classical meaning of the word 'argos': ''And in the more recent writers the plain, too, is called Argos, but not once in Homer. Yet they think that this is more especially a [[Ancient Macedonian language|Macedonian]] or [[Aeolic Greek|Thessalian]] usage''.<ref>[[Geographica]] 8.6.9</ref> |
τῶν αὖ πεντήκοντα νεῶν ἦν ἀρχὸς Ἀχιλλεύς}}.</ref> }}It has been interpreted to be a city in the [[Pelasgiotis]] district or an alternative name of [[Phthia]],<ref>The Cambridge Ancient History: The Egyptian and Hittite empires to c. 1000 B.C By John Bagnell Bury, Stanley Arthur Cook, Frank Ezra Adcock, Martin Percival Charlesworth v. 2 - 1923 [https://books.google.com/books?id=_ijTAAAAMAAJ&q=Of+these+the+most+important+was+(17)+the+Pelasgian+Argos,+or+Phthia,+the+kingdom&dq=Of+these+the+most+important+was+(17)+the+Pelasgian+Argos,+or+Phthia,+the+kingdom Page 481]</ref> the kingdom of [[Peleus]] and [[Achilles]] or pertaining to the whole Thessaly.<ref>Landmarks of Homeric Study By W E Gladstone [https://books.google.com/books?id=Tt-YQetaxDAC&pg=PA40&dq=Argos+Pelasgicon#v=onepage&q=Argos%20Pelasgicon&f=false Page 40] {{ISBN|1-110-49230-8}} (2009)</ref> [[Strabo]] reports that: ''Some take the Pelasgian Argos as a Thessalian city once situated in the neighborhood of [[Larisa]] but now no longer existent; but others take it, not as a city, but as the plain of the Thessalians, which is referred to by this name because [[Abas (mythology)|Abas]], who brought a colony there from [[Argos]], so named it<ref>Geographica 9.5.5</ref>''. Strabo gives also the following post-classical meaning of the word 'argos': ''And in the more recent writers the plain, too, is called Argos, but not once in Homer. Yet they think that this is more especially a [[Ancient Macedonian language|Macedonian]] or [[Aeolic Greek|Thessalian]] usage''.<ref>[[Geographica]] 8.6.9</ref> |
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Finally, although Homeric geography of Thessaly is not limited in this passage, the toponym "Thessalia" is absent in Homer.<ref>Homer: An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey By Richard Claverhous Jebb [https://books.google.com/books?id=av4ZVylsY_kC&pg=PA39&dq=Thessaly+Homeric+geography#v=onepage&q=Thessaly%20Homeric%20geography&f=false Page 39] {{ISBN|0-554-75060-0}} (2008)</ref> The unique element of the name is restricted to king [[Thessalus]], son of [[Heracles]], whose sons, [[ |
Finally, although Homeric geography of Thessaly is not limited in this passage, the toponym "Thessalia" is absent in Homer.<ref>Homer: An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey By Richard Claverhous Jebb [https://books.google.com/books?id=av4ZVylsY_kC&pg=PA39&dq=Thessaly+Homeric+geography#v=onepage&q=Thessaly%20Homeric%20geography&f=false Page 39] {{ISBN|0-554-75060-0}} (2008)</ref> The unique element of the name is restricted to king [[Thessalus]], son of [[Heracles]], whose sons, [[ |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 21:17, 18 October 2020
Hi Μυρμιδόνες δὲ καλεῦντο καὶ Ἕλληνες καὶ Ἀχαιοί, τῶν αὖ πεντήκοντα νεῶν ἦν ἀρχὸς Ἀχιλλεύς}}.</ref> }}It has been interpreted to be a city in the Pelasgiotis district or an alternative name of Phthia,[1] the kingdom of Peleus and Achilles or pertaining to the whole Thessaly.[2] Strabo reports that: Some take the Pelasgian Argos as a Thessalian city once situated in the neighborhood of Larisa but now no longer existent; but others take it, not as a city, but as the plain of the Thessalians, which is referred to by this name because Abas, who brought a colony there from Argos, so named it[3]. Strabo gives also the following post-classical meaning of the word 'argos': And in the more recent writers the plain, too, is called Argos, but not once in Homer. Yet they think that this is more especially a Macedonian or Thessalian usage.[4]
Finally, although Homeric geography of Thessaly is not limited in this passage, the toponym "Thessalia" is absent in Homer.[5] The unique element of the name is restricted to king Thessalus, son of Heracles, whose sons, [[
References
- ^ The Cambridge Ancient History: The Egyptian and Hittite empires to c. 1000 B.C By John Bagnell Bury, Stanley Arthur Cook, Frank Ezra Adcock, Martin Percival Charlesworth v. 2 - 1923 Page 481
- ^ Landmarks of Homeric Study By W E Gladstone Page 40 ISBN 1-110-49230-8 (2009)
- ^ Geographica 9.5.5
- ^ Geographica 8.6.9
- ^ Homer: An Introduction to the Iliad and the Odyssey By Richard Claverhous Jebb Page 39 ISBN 0-554-75060-0 (2008)
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