Argos in VIII-VI Centuries BC – Development of Domestic Politics and its Foreign Politics

Elena A Venidiktova

doi:10.5539/jsd.v8n5p49

Abstract

Importance of the raised problem is caused by significance and necessity of Argos research for understanding the phenomenon of Greek Polis. The article is aimed at indicating main tendencies of domestic and foreign politics processes during archaic period. The leading research method of the problem became historical method, which investigates historical events, phenomena and processes in their chronological development and close connection. On the basis of the results got while analyzing the sources and literature we have revealed the main aspects of political development of Argos in the time of Temenid Dynasty ruling, have studied the political status of Argos after the Temenid dynasty collapse in VI century BC and have researched the milestones of the struggle of Argos and Sparta for the hegemony in the Peloponnese in VIII-VI centuries BC. The article materials can be used in the educational process to design the summarizing works and special courses and teaching aids on socio-political history of Ancient Greece.

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Polis (City-state in Ancient Greece) is the brightest phenomenon of Antique World
On the basis of the results got while analyzing the sources and literature we have revealed the main aspects of political development of Argos in the time of Temenid Dynasty ruling, have studied the political status of Argos after the Temenid dynasty collapse in VI century BC and have researched the milestones of the struggle of Argos and Sparta for the hegemony in the Peloponnese in VIII-VI centuries BC
The research having been conducted in accordance of the goal and objectives allows drowing the following conclusions: After the invasion of Dorians in the Peloponnese the dynasty of Temenids started ruling in Argos and the power, as we think, was given from the father to the son though we do not have the information regarding the order of succession of the throne

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Polis (City-state in Ancient Greece) is the brightest phenomenon of Antique World. Polis has been attracting the attention of the researchers for a century and a half (Jeffery, 1976; Frolov, 1988; Yaylenko, 1990) that is not occasional – it is impossible to understand none of the aspects of Greek World history without understanding the essence of such socio-political organism as Polis. First of all Sparta and Athens are the objects of interest for the researchers as they are the most significant states of Balkan Greece and their history is best provided with the sources and due to this fact they eclipse the other city-states that are not less significant. That is why the interest to Argos is understandable though world and Russia science does not pay enough attention to this city-state as we are going to show downwards

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