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[251] Ἄργεος. With this local geni tive cp. Od.14. 97οὔτ᾽ ἠπείροιο μελαίνης”,

οὔτ᾽ αὐτῆς Ἰθάκης Od., 21. 108 οὔτε Πύλου ἱερῆς κ.τ.λ.” It gives a less definite localisation than the use of the dative. The epithet Ἀχαιικόν is appropriated to “Ἄργος” as the chief place in the Peloponnese, or serves to distinguish it from “Ἄργος Πελασγικόν” in Thessaly, Il.2. 681.

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