Argos

[ ahr-gos, -guhs ]

noun

1. an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.

Argos

/ -ɡəs; ˈɑːɡɒs /

noun

1. an ancient city in SE Greece, in the NE Peloponnese: one of the oldest Greek cities, it dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century bc . Pop (municipality): 29 505 (2001)

Example Sentences

That means the Argos does well while trudging through deep snow on truly cold days but isn’t as cumbersome as a more old-school, deep-winter boot.

From Outside Online

Google's Jeff Calow said the Argos chip has brought "up to 20-33x improvements in compute efficiency compared to our previous optimized system, which was running software on traditional servers."

From Ars Technica

The company detailed its new "Argos" chips in a YouTube blog post, a CNET interview, and in a paper for ASPLOS, the Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems Conference.

From Ars Technica

When the protagonist finally arrives home after 20 years at war and sea, the only creature who recognizes him is his dog, Argos.

From Washington Post

Some historians suggest that the Illyrian type was possibly an evolution of the previously mentioned Kegelhelm from the Archaic Age site at Argos.

From Realm of History

Or he was a great warrior from the fields of Argos, and he was a good potter, known to produce beautiful things.

From The Daily Beast

Adrastus, king of Argos, who assisted his son-in-law Polynices, and survived the war; Theb.

From Project Gutenberg

It is said that Alexander performed sacrifices in honour of Amphilochus, on account of their common affinity to Argos.

From Project Gutenberg

Still he said he would restore Argos to them, and as to Corinth would consult with Flamininus.

From Project Gutenberg

Athens acknowledged him for her benefactor; Argos, for her deliverer.

From Project Gutenberg

He was employed in the decoration of the Heraion, or temple of Hera, at Argos.

From Project Gutenberg