Editing Argos, Peloponnese (section)

== Etymology ==
There are several proposed etyma. The name is associated with the legendary [[Argus (king of Argos)|Argus]], the third king of the city in ancient times, who renamed it after himself,<ref name="smithdicargus">{{cite encyclopedia|url= https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D38%3Aentry%3Dargus-bio-1|encyclopedia=Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology|title=Argus|editor=William Smith|publisher=Spottiswoode & Co.|place=London|year=1848|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> thus replacing its older name Phoronikon Asty ({{lang|grc|Φορωνικόν Άστυ}}, "Citadel of [[Phoroneus]]").<ref name="smithdicphoroneus">{{cite encyclopedia|url= https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D28%3Aentry%3Dphoroneus-bio-1|encyclopedia=Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology|title=Phoroneus|editor=William Smith|publisher=Spottiswoode & Co.|place=London|year=1848|access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> Both the [[personal name]] and [[placename]] are linked to the word {{lang|grc-Latn|argós}} ({{lang|grc|αργός}}), which meant "white" or "shining";<ref name="lsjargos1">{{LSJ|a)rgo/s1|αργός|ref}}</ref> possibly, this had to do with the visual impression given of the Argolic plain during harvest time. According to [[Strabo]], the name could have even originated from the word {{lang|grc-Latn|agrós}} ({{lang|grc|αγρός}}) 'field' by [[metathesis (linguistics)|metathesis]] of the consonants.<ref name="Argo2010">{{cite web|author1=Athanasios Vercetis|author2=Stavroula Petraki|title=Σεπτεμβρίου ΑΡΓΟΛΙΚΗ ΑΡΧΕΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ|trans-title=Argolic Archival Library of History and Culture, September|language=el|url=https://argolikivivliothiki.gr/2010/09/27|website=argolikivivliothiki.gr|publisher=Argolic Archival Library of History and Culture|access-date=5 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205054313/https://argolikivivliothiki.gr/2010/09/27/|archive-date=5 February 2018|date=2010}}</ref>