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Argos
The Town Hall
Railway Station
The Municipal Market
Konstantopoulos Mansion
Trikoupis Mansion
Kapodistrias Public School
Xintaropoulos Building
Kapodistrias Barracks
Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos
Church of Aghios Konstantinos
Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Church of Panaghia Portokalousa (Katekekrymeni)
Panaghia of the Castle
Aghios Petros Cathedral and Central Square
Kefalari and Erasinos River
The Archaelogical Museum (Kallergeio)
The Courthouse Square
The Street Market
The Ancient Theatre
Serapeio-Asklipeio-Baths A
Theatre with the Straight Rows of Seats
The Temple of Aphrodite
The Ancient Agora of Argos
Hypostyle Chamber
The Northern Arcade and the Theatre of the Agora
The War Memorial
The South Arcade and Palaestra
Stadium Track
The Dome and the Nymphaeum of Argos
Monument D
The Agora's Drain
Monument M
Larissa and the Castle
Prophet Elias Hill (the Shield)-Deiras-Prehistoric Times
Temple of Athena Oxyderkes and Apollo Deiradiotis
The Criterion, the Nymphaeum and the Aqueduct
Gordon Residence
Residence of General Dimitris Tsokris
The Diamantopoulos Residence
The Baths A
The Odeon
The Square Nymphaeum
The Hellenic Pyramid of Ellinikos

ΑΡΓΟΣ - The War Memorial

During the 4th century AD 8 second-hand limestone markers were placed around a flame (F) to the south west of the orchestra (O). One of these bears an inscription referring to the heroes who set out to fight against the Thebans during the reign of the Argive King Adrastos. It is possible that these markers in the 6th century BC originally formed an enclosure which would have delineated the war memorial for those fallen in the battle against Thebes (H). The memorial flame from later antiquity has been identified with the fire of Phoronius which burned near to the temple of Apollo Lykeios. The traveller Pausanias, who visited Argos during the 2nd century AD, describes the flame that the Argives kept alive in memory of the mythic founder of the city. According to legend, Phoronius was the first man on Earth. For the sake of his descendants he brought down fire from the heavens and taught man how to use it.