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the Turks Will again bring to light the valuable CHAP. 
VIII. 
antiquities there concealed ; although the ac- - T _ 
quisition should be obtained even at so great 
an expense as that of taking down and rebuilding 
a Moslem place of worship. 
We have now concluded our very cursory character 
survey of Ar gos : but we shall not quit the relics Indent 
of this memorable city, without briefly noticing Arglvt 
a circumstance in its history, to which little 
attention seems to have been paid by the com- 
pilers of Grecian annals ; namely, its illustrious 
character, as founded on the noble examples 
offered in the actions of its citizens. If Athens, 
by arts, by military talents, and by costly 
solemnities, became " one of the Eyes of 
GREECE," there was in the humanity of Argos, 
and in the good feeling frequently displayed by 
its inhabitants, a distinction which comes nearer 
to the heart. Something characteristic of the 
people may be observed even in a name given 
to one of their Divinities ; for they worshipped 
a " God of Meekness 1 ." It may be said, 
perhaps, of the Argive character, that it was 
less splendid than the Athenian, and less rigid 
(7) The Argwes gave to one of their Gods the name, Mii\i%i'ov A/? , of 
the Meek God, or Mild Jupiter. Vid. Pausan. in Cor. c. 20. p. 154. 
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