AHEVAOE.

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 Pceio), a  tributary of the Durius, in Hispania

 Tarraeonensis.]

   Arevac^e or  Arevaoi, the  most  powerful

 tribe of the Celtiberians in  Spain,  near the

 sources <>f the Tagus, derived their name from

 the River Areva (q. v.).

   ARGiEUS ('Apyalog).  1,  Kkg  of  Macedonia,

 ecn and successor of Perdiccas I, the founder of

 the dynasty.—2. A pretender to the Macedonian

 croiro, dethroned Perdiccas II, and reigned two

 rears.

  Arg-eus Mons ('Apyalog : now Erdjish-Bagh),

 a. lofty snow-capped mountain nearly in the cen¬

 tre of Cappadoeia; an offset  of the Anti-Taurus.

 At its foot stood the celebrated city of Mazaea

 or Caasarea.

  Aeganthonius ('Apyavduviog), king of Tartes-

 «us in Spain, in the sixth century B.C., is said to

 have reigned eighty years, and to have lived one

 hundred and twenty.

  Arganthonius  or  Aeganthus Mons (rb 'Ap-

 yavBavwv bpog:  now  Katirli),  a mountain in

 Bithynia, running out into the Propontis, forming

 the Promontorium Posidium (Cape  Bouz), and

 separating the  bays of Cios and Astacus.

  [Aege ("Apyn),  a  Hyperborean maiden, who

came with Opis to Delos.]

  Aegennlm or Arginum ("Apyevvov, 'Apylvov:

now Cape Blanco).  1.  A promontory on the

Ionian  coast, opposite to Chios.—[2. A promon¬

tory of the  eastern  coast of Sicily, now  Capo

 San Alessio.J

  [Argennusa, an island with a city  of  same

name  between the promontory  of Argennum,

and the Ionian  coast, and the promontorium Po¬

sidium in the island of Chios.]

  [Argentanum (now  San  Marco),  a city  of

 Bruttium.]

  [Argentaria or Aegentuaria, also Argento-

 vaeia (now Arzenheim), the  capital city of Gal¬

lia  Belgica,  where Gratian  defeated  the  Ale-

manni  A.D. 378.]

  Argenteus  (now Argens), a small' river  in

Gallia  Narbonensis, which  flows into the  Medi¬

terranean near Forum Julii.

  Argentoratum  or -tus (now Strassburg), an

 important town on the Rhine, in Gallia Belgica,

 the head-quarters  of the eighth  legion, and  a

 Roman municipium.   In its  neighborhood Ju¬

 lian gained a brilliant victory over the Aleman-

 ni, A.D. 357.  It was subsequently called Strate-

 burgum and Stratisburgunl, whence its modern

 name.

  Aeges.   Vid. Cyclopes.

  ArgIa ('Apye(a). 1. Daughter of Adrastus and

 Amphithea, and wife  of Polynices.—[2. Daugh-

 er of Autesion, wife  of the  Spartan king  Aris-

 odemus, by  whom she  became the mother  of

 Eurysthenes and Proeles.]

  Aegia ('Apyaj'a).   Vid. Aegos.

  [Argileonis ('Apy/,Xeavig),a. Spartan female,

 mother of the  celebrated general Brasidas.]

  Argiletum,  a district  in Rome, which extend¬

 ed from the south of the Quirinal to the Capito-

 line  and the Forum.  It was chiefly inhabited

 by mechanics  and booksellers.   The origin  of

 the name  is uncertain:  the  most obvious  deri¬

 vation is from  argilla, "potter's clay;"  but the

 more common explanation in  antiquity was Argi¬

 letum,  " death of Argus," from a hero Argus who

 was buried there.

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   AegIius ("ApyiXog :  'ApytXwg), a town in Bi

saltia, the eastern part cf Mygdonia, in Mace¬

donia, between Amphipohs and Bromiscus, a col

ony of Audros."

   Arginus-e ('Apyivovoai or 'Aoyivovaaai), three

small islands  off the  coast of Eolis,  opposite

Mytilene in Lesbos, celebrated for the naval vic¬

tory of the Athenians  over the Lacedaemonians

under Callicratidas, B.C. 406.

   [Argiope ('Apywmi), a nymph, mother of the

Thracian bard Thamyris by Philammon.]

   Argiphontes  ('ApyeupovTng), " the slayer of

Argus," a surname of Hermes.

   Argipp-ei ('Apyiimalot), a Seythian tribe in

Sarmatia Asiatica, who appear, from the descrip¬

tion of them by Herodotus (iv, 23), to have been

of the Calmuc race.

   Argissa.   Vid. Argura.

   Argithea, the chief town  of Athamania, in

Epirus.

   Aegiva, a surname of Hera or Juno, from Ar¬

gos, where, as  well as in the whole of Pelopon¬

nesus, she was especially honored.   Vid. Argos.

   Aegivi.   Vid. Argos.

   Argo.  Vid. ArgonautjE.

   [Argolicus  Sinus.   Vid. Argos.]

   Argolis.   Vid. Argos.

   Argonaut-e  ('Apyovavrai), the  Argonauts,

" the sailors of the Argo,"  were the  heroes who

sailed to Ea (afterward called Colchis) for the

purpose of  fetching  the  golden fleece.   The

story of the Argonauts is  variously related by

the ancient writers, but the common tale  ran as

follows:   In Iolcus in Thessaly  reigned Pelias,

who had deprived his  half-brother  Eson of the

sovereignty.  In order to  get rid of Jason, the

son of Eson, Pelias persuaded  Jason  to fetch

the golden fleece, which was  suspended on an

oak-tree in the grove of Ares  (Mars) in Colchis,

and was  guarded day and night by a  dragon

Jason  willingly  undertook the enterprise,  and

commanded Argus, the son of Phrixus, to build

a  ship with fifty oars; which was called Argo

('Apyu) after the name of the builder.   Jason

was accompanied by all the great heroes of the

age, and  their number is usually said  to have

been fifty.  Among these  were  Hercules, Cas¬

tor and  Pollux, Zetes and Calais, the  sons of

Boreas, the  singer Orpheus, the seer  Mopsus,

Philammon,  Tydeus, Theseus, Amphiaraus, Pe

leus, Nestor, Admetus,  ke.  After  leaving Iol

cus they  first landed  at  Lemnos, where they

united themselves with the women of the island,

who had just before murdered their fathers  and

husbands.   From Lemnos they sailed  to  the

Doliones  at  Cyzieus, where   King  Cyzicus re¬

ceived them  hospitably.  They left the coun¬

try during the night,  and being thrown  back

on  the  coast  by a  contrary wind, they were

taken for Pelasgians,  the  enemies  of the  Do¬

liones,  and a struggle  ensued, in  which Oyzi

cus was  slain;  but, being recognized by the

Argonauts, they  buried  him, and mourned over

his fate.  They  next  landed  in Mysia,  where

they left behind Hercules and Polyphemus, who

had gone into  the  country in  search of Hylas,

whom a nymph had  carried  off while  he was

fetching  water  for  his  companions.  In  the

eountry of the Bebryces, King  Amycus  chal¬

lenged the Argonauts  to  fight with him;  anc

when he was  killed by Pollux,  [the Bebiyces