Argentite
sulphide of silver, a blackish or lead-gray mineral, a val- uable ore of silver found in the crystalline rocks of many countries. ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS are rocks in which clay prevails (including shales and slates). and slates). of small islands S. E. of the coast of Lesbos, a province of Asia Minor. In the vicinity of these islands the Athethe Spartans under Collicratidos in a hard contested naval battle. of Argos; used by Homer and other ancient authors as a generic appellation for all the Greeks. ancient authors as a generic appellation the inside of the bottles and barrels. It is dissolved more easily in water than in alcohol. It is mostly composed of potassic bitartrate, KHCH4O6, and conin alcohol. It is mostly composed of trate, mucilaginous matter, and coloring, It may be purified in hot water, and In repeating the process it clarified by adding clay, and recrystala becomes white and is called cream of lizing. taining the advice from Luxburg to the German Government to sink Argentine ships "spurlos" (without leaving trace), if they were to be attacked at tartar. taining the advice from Luxburg to the ARGOLIS ARGOLIS (ar'gō-lis), a peninsula of Greece; lies between the bays of Nauplia and Ægina, and now forms, with Corinth, a nomarchy or department. Argolis was the eastern region of Peloponnesus. The Greeks inhabiting it were often called Argives, or Argians. Hills and mountains alternate with fruitful plains and valleys. Here reigned Pelops, an emigrant from Asia Minor, from whom the peninsula derives its name.
It was afterward the seat of government of Atreus and Agamemnon, Adrastus, Eurystheus, and Diomedes. Here, Hercules was born. In the morass of Argolis he slew the Lernæan hydra, and in the cave of Nemea subdued the ferocious lion. In the earliest times it was divided into the small kingdoms of Argos, Mycenæ, Tirinthus, Træzene, Hermione, and Epidaurus, which afterward formed free states. The chief city, Argos, has retained its name since 1800 B. C. Pop. about 9,000. Here, and in Delphi, statues were erected to the brothers Biton and Cleobis, who fell victims to their filial piety. Near this city lies the capital of Argolis, Nauplia, or Napoli di Romania. On the site of the present village of Castri, on the Ægean Sea, formerly lay the city Hermione, with a grove dedicated to the Graces: opposite is the island of Hydra. Near the city of Epidaurus, the watering place e of ancient Greece, on the Ægean Sea, Æsculapius had his temple. At Trezene, now the village of Damala, Theseus was born. Pop. of province of Argolis and Corinth about 160,000.