argos greek god Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/argos-greek-god Sat, 21 Oct 2017 19:10:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Argos: Land of Hera, Home of Heroes http://toursmaps.com/argos-land-of-hera-home-of-heroes.html http://toursmaps.com/argos-land-of-hera-home-of-heroes.html#respond Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:56:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=245678 The people of Argos were celebrating the Festival of Hera and it was vital that the priestess be driven to the temple by a yoked team of oxen. However, the oxen had still not returned from the fields. Time was running out, so her sons, Cleobis and Biton, shouldered the yoke and pulled the wagon with their mother inside it for five miles until they reached the temple of Hera. Their mother was delighted with their efforts. She stood in front of the statue and prayed that, since Cleobis and Biton had shown her such honour, the goddess Hera should

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