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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct

To the north of the ancient theatre there is an impressive terrace, measuring 35 by 21m, which was carved into the rock of Larissa Hill. On the city side it is bounded by a reinforced polygonal embankment with a central stairway. The engraved reliefs which decorate the embankment depict the Epiteledes, chthonic, or underground deities, who were connected with the dispensation of justice and the punishment of criminal acts. These, in connection with the worship of the modest gods of the high court led researchers to identify this space as the criterion or place of judgement. According to legend and the narration of the traveller Pausanias, it was here that Danaos, King of the Argives tried Hypermnestra, the only one of his daughters who disobeyed his orders and did not kill her husband, Lynceus son of Egypt, on their wedding night. Between 124 and 125 BC the Roman emperor Hadrian founded the Nympaeum here. The monumental drinking fountain consisted of two tanks carved into the rock. It had a surface structure made of brick and an arched roof. In the centre of the building there was a statue of the city’s benefactor in the form of the mythic hero Diomidis. A brick aqueduct, about 30km in length, brought water to Argos from Kephalovrissos.