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Argolid

Argolid

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Regions of ancient Greece.

Argolis

Ancient Argolis, sometimes called 'the Argolid' and taking its name from the city of Argos, occupied the eastern part of the Peloponnesus, primarily the Argolid peninsula, together with the coastal region to the east of Arcadia, and north of Laconia. To the north, the boundary with the territory of Corinth was rather more fluid, and these territories have sometimes been considered together. For instance, Pausanias discussed Argolis and Corinthia together in one book of his Description of Greece; similarly, in modern Greece, a prefecture of "Argolidocorinthia" has existed at various times.