Heraion of Argos
Hillside sanctuary of Hera on stepped terraces, with temple foundations above the Argive plain.
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This guide to the Heraion of Argos, the great sanctuary of Hera in the hills above the Argive plain near Nafplio, follows two young athletes from Argos on the day their mother, a priestess of Hera, needed to reach the temple and the oxen failed to come home. It draws on the historian Herodotus, who told the tale as a lesson about happiness. Stand at the edge of the terraces looking back toward the plain, the way the road climbed from Argos.
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