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Argive Heraion

Also known as Heraion of Argos

The Argive Heraion was the chief sanctuary of the goddess Hera in the Argolid in southern Greece, on a hillside between Argos and Mycenae. Controlled by Argos, it had temples from the 7th century BCE, and after a fire in 423 BCE a new temple was built with a gold and ivory statue of Hera by the sculptor Polykleitos. It is the setting of the story of Cleobis and Biton told by Herodotus.

Argive Heraion
Image: Edward Lippincott Tilton · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Argive Heraion. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/argive-heraion
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