Argos

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Argos

Total population

22,209

WeatherAvg high 75.5°F

Coordinates37.63°, 22.73°

Demographic figures from ELSTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Argos is a city and a former municipality in the Peloponnese region of Greece, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It is the largest city in Argolis, having nearly twice the population of its capital, Nafplio.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

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Polykleitos

fifth century BCE Greek sculptor

Harilaos Trikoupis

Prime Minister of Greece (1832-1896)

Telesilla

late 6th century and early 5th century BC Greek poet

Perdiccas I of Macedon

King of Macedon, 700 BC to 678 BC

T

Theodosius Zygomalas

Achilleas Paraschos

Greek poet (1838–1895)

A

Acusilaus

ancient Greek logographer and mythographer

A

Ageladas

6th or 5th-century BC Greek sculptor

Leonidas Drosis

Greek sculptor (1836–1882)

K

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos

Greek doctor and prime minister (1878-1961)

Panagiotis Tachtsidis

Greek footballer (born 1991)

L

Leo Sgouros

Byzantine governor

Jean Spiropoulos

Greek lawyer (1896-1972)

Sotirios Sotiropoulos

Prime Minister of Greece (1820-1898)

S

Sakadas of Argos

ancient Greek musician

P

Polykleitos the Younger

4th-century BC Greek architect and sculptor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Peloponnese

• Pyrgella
  2.1 mi away · pop. 361
• Dalamanara
  2.5 mi away · pop. 892
• Laloukas
  3 mi away · pop. 498
• Kefalari
  3.4 mi away · pop. 677
• Neo Ireo
  3.5 mi away · pop. 423
• Πλατανίτης
  3.9 mi away
• Argoliko
  4 mi away · pop. 573
• Agia Triada
  4.3 mi away · pop. 999
• Poullakida
  4.9 mi away · pop. 605
• Skafidaki
  5.3 mi away · pop. 812
• Manesis
  5.6 mi away · pop. 534
• Mykines
  5.9 mi away · pop. 342

Browse all places in Peloponnese →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Argos

Argos paléochrétienne

Anastasia Oikonomou-Laniado · 2003

ARGOS PALEOCHRETIENNE: CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE DU PELOPONNESE BYZANTIN

ANASTASIA OIKONOMOU-LANIADO

Argos, l'Argeia et le Péloponnèse à l'époque géométrique (IXeme-VIIIeme siècles)

Isabelle Ratinaud · 1997

Obolós 10 : Coins in the Peloponnese. la Monnaie Dans le Péloponnèse : Proceedings of the Sixth Scientific Meeting of the Friends of the Numismatic Museum, Argos, May 26-29, 2011. Volume 1 : Ancient Times. Volume 2 : Byzantine and Modern Times. Actes de la Sixième Rencontre Scientifique des Amis du Musée Numismatique, Argos, 26-29 Mai 2011. Tome I : Antiquité. Tome II

Doyen C. · 2017

The Peloponnese

Geoffrey O'Connell · 1993

The history of the Peloponnesian war, translated from the Greek of Thucydides. ... By William Smith, ..

Thucydides · 1753

"Aretēs mnēmē"

Chrysoula Soile · 1983

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Recently spotted species

oleander

Nerium oleander

Seen 2026-07-09

Field Eryngo

Eryngium campestre

Seen 2026-07-09

Indian fig opuntia

Opuntia ficus-indica

Seen 2026-07-09

Greek Rose Chafer

Heterocnemis graeca

Seen 2026-07-09

common fig

Ficus carica

Seen 2026-07-09

squirting cucumber

Ecballium elaterium

Seen 2026-06-30

silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Seen 2026-06-30

Common Pill Woodlouse

Armadillidium vulgare

Seen 2026-06-29

Four-spotted Blisterbeetle

Mylabris quadripunctata

Seen 2026-06-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).