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15 unusual facts about Argos


Akova

Akova, Argos, a settlement in the community and municipal unit of Argos, Greece

Argos

Argos has a railway station on the Kalamata - Tripoli - Corinth line of the Hellenic Railways Organisation, and a junior soccer team.

Argos, Indiana

Jill Long Thompson, 2008 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Indiana

Fremont was named after Col. John C. Fremont, who on November 6, 1856 won the Republican candidate for President.

Devil Lady

This devil beast is undoubtedly inspired by the mythical Greek creature Argos.

Howard McNair

After his success in his films, McNair was cast in a leading role in Argos's 2009 Christmas campaign, where he gained nationwide recognition as the laughing man at the Christmas table.

Jill Long Thompson

She lives with her husband Don Thompson, a commercial airline pilot, in Marshall County on a farm near Argos, Indiana, where they planted 2,000 trees in two days as a symbol of their love.

Jupiter and Io

Io, daughter of Inachus, the first king of Argos, is seduced by Jupiter (Zeus in Greek), who hides behind the dunes to avoid hurting the jealous Juno (Hera in Greek).

Khotan Fernández

In 2006 Khotan was back in Mexico for the role of "Sergio" in Corazón Partido, a Telemundo and Argos telenovela, in the same year he also starred as "Caronte" in the movie El Cartel.

Lochos

Whatever the theoretical size of the lochos, units of about 300 men appear frequently in the classical Greek records, this being the number of the Sacred Band of Thebes, the Spartans at Thermopylae, and the number on each side of the "Battle of the Champions" fought between Argos and Sparta in 546 BC.

Mario Levi

These were followed by his other articles in the publication organs like "Cumhuriyet", "Studyo Imge", "Milliyet Sanat", "Gosteri", "Argos", "Gergedan", "Varlik".

Nintendo 2DS

The system was available for around £110, but major retailers including Argos, Amazon and Tesco cut the system's price to under £100 to coincide with the school half-term.

Retail in the Republic of Ireland

Notably, many major British 'high street' names now operate in the Republic of Ireland, such as Dixons, Next, Debenhams, Topshop, Boots, Superdrug, Argos, Dorothy Perkins, Maplin, Currys, T.K. Maxx, PC World, Game Stop and others.

Many British stores also appear in these parks (e.g. Argos and Homebase).

Rugeley

Rugeley has a number of well known high street names like Boots, Argos, Greggs and Morrisons.


2006 Toronto Argonauts season

The Argos made a splash just before training camp when they lured high-profile RB Ricky Williams to Canada.

71st Grey Cup

BC’s Roy Dewalt had one last chance to throw a Hail Mary pass on the final play, but his prayer wasn’t answered, as long suffering Argos fans went into the streets in jubilation.

79th Grey Cup

The Argos started the game with a bang as defensive back Ed Berry intercepted Calgary quarterback Danny Barrett’s first pass attempt and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown.

Ancient Greek warfare

However, it was soon apparent that the hegemony was unstable, and the Persian Empire sponsored a rebellion by the combined powers of Athens, Thebes, Corinth and Argos, resulting in the Corinthian War (395-387 BC).

Antoine Beaussant

In 2005, Beaussant, who is a keen oboist, joined the Supervisory Board of Buffet Crampon, Europe’s leading wind instrument manufacturer since its takeover by the Argos Soditic investment fund.

Argead dynasty

According to Thucydides, in the History of the Peloponnesian War, the Argeads were originally Temenids from Argos, who descended from the highlands to Lower Macedonia, expelled the Pierians from Pieria and acquired in Paionia a narrow strip along the river Axios extending to Pella and the sea.

Argos Energies

For the storage of oil products Argos operates terminals and depots in the Netherlands (Rotterdam Pernis), Belgium (Ghent), Germany (Emmerich am Rhein) and France (Chalon-sur-Saône and Beaune-la-Rolande).

Artaxerxes I of Persia

After Cimon's failure to attain much in this expedition, the Peace of Callias was agreed between Athens, Argos and Persia in 449 BC.

Brilliant! Tragic!

The album track "Axl Rose" marks the second time that Argos has written about the volatile Guns N' Roses frontman.

Chicago Cardinals–Toronto Argonauts exhibition game

Four Argos were injured in the contest, including star centre Norm Stoneburgh and Don Caraway, an anchor on the defensive line.

Despotate of the Morea

After 1461 the only non-Ottoman territories were possessed by Venice: the port cities of Modon and Koroni at the southern end of the Morea, the Argolid with Argos, and the port of Nafplion.

Digifusion

The FVRT series also included the FVRT150 (a clone of the FVRT100 with an altered faceplate and 80gb HDD, sold by Argos), the FVRT145 (similar to the FVRT150 but with the front panel indicator lights removed), and the FVRT200, which added repeat recording and a personalised folders feature in the recording library.

French School at Athens

Since its foundation, the EFA has been involved in many important archaeological projects in Greece, including the excavations at Philippi, Dikili Tash (both in Greek Macedonia),the Samothrace temple complex and Thasos (in the North Aegean), Delphi (Central Greece), Argos (Peloponnese), Delos (Cyclades), Malia and Itanos (Crete), as well as Amathus in Cyprus.

Greeks in the United Kingdom

Indeed, he followed as a non-combatant an English invasion of Scotland where the English forces included Greeks from Argos under the leadership of Thomas of Argos whose 'Courage, and prudence, and experience of wars' was lauded by the Corfiot traveller.

Horae

In Argos two, rather than three Horae were recognised, presumably winter and summer: Auxesia (possibly another name for Auxo) and Damia (possibly another name for Carpo).

Liffey Valley Shopping Centre

An associated retail park, (The Retail Park, Liffey Valley), is nearby, with several warehouse-style stores, including PC World, Currys, Carpet Right, Argos, also of note is B&Q and Halfords retail outlets.

Orgasm Addict

The sleeve collage of the iron-headed woman was created by Linder Sterling who explained; "Well, the iron came from an Argos catalogue and the female torso came from a photographic magazine called Photo. I never cleared the copyright but no one noticed, so it was alright."

Pelasgians

Pelasgus built the citadel Larissa of Argos on the Erasinus river, whence the name Pelasgic Argos (of the Peloponnesus), but later resettled inland, built Parrhasia and named the region or caused it to be named Pelasgia, to be renamed Arcadia with the coming of the Greeks.

Phorbas

According to Eusebius, he reigned for thirty five years as the king of Argos, and was succeeded by his son Megacles.

Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways

SPAP also acquired the line between Myloi (near Argos) and Kalamata via Tripoli, from the bankrupt Southern Greece Railways (Sidirodromoi Mesimbrinis Ellados).

Rob Waldrop

He gained his greatest recognition with the Argos, when he was a member of their back-to-back Grey Cup championship teams in 1996 and 1997, and was selected as a CFL All-Star in both years.

SATEC @ W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute

Soon after, a selected group of players appeared on CP24 Breakfast with Nalini Sharma as Argos head coach Jim Barker demonstrated the fundamental runs and tackles of the sport.

Southampton City Centre

It includes a number of large warehouse-style stores, currently occupied by Toys "R" Us, Mothercare, Argos, Tesco and Staples among others.

Summerton Mill

The iTeddy children's media player, featured on the British TV series Dragons' Den, was distributed throughout the United Kingdom via the Argos chain of stores and came loaded with an episode of Summerton Mill, with others available from the iTeddy website.

Task Force Argos

The unit's name was derived from Greek mythology in which Argus Panoptes or Argos, was a primordial “all seeing” giant with multiple eyes and who was guardian of lo.