Argos lies four miles distance from the Argolic gulf, at the
north eastern Peloponnese. It is the second oldest city after
Sikyon and for centuries it was the most important one. Argos
became dependant to the nearby city of Mycenae (six miles
distance), under the descendants of Pelops. In the twelve
century, under Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, Argos became again
the capital of Argolis. In the eleventh century, Argos fell to
the Dorians and their leader Temenos, made it the base of his
operations. At 750 BC, under the tyrant Pheidon, Argos became
the most important city of Peloponnese. The first king of Argos
was Inachus, the son of Oceanus and Tethys and god of the river
that was flowing in front of the walls of the city. His reign is
placed in 1986 The legend tell us that after the flood of
Deukalion, he led the surviving people down, from the mountains
to the plains. When Hera and Poseidon contended for the
possession of the land, Inachus chose Hera and he was punished
from Poseidon, who made the rivers of