In the 7th century BCE, under the tyrant Pheidon, its army defeated the Lacedaemonians at Hysiae.
In the 7th century BCE, under the tyrant Pheidon, its army defeated the Lacedaemonians at Hysiae. This ancient city dominated the Peloponnesus from the fall of the Mycenaean Empire to the 6th century BCE, when it began a long struggle with Sparta. In 272 BCE, Pyrrhus of Epirus died while attacking this city, whose famous residents included the sculptors Ageladas and Polykleitos. It was supposedly the birthplace of Perseus and a certain hundred-eyed hunter who was set to watch over Io. For ten points, name this city whose inhabitants were known as Argives.
In the 7th century BCE, under the tyrant Pheidon, its army defeated the Lacedaemonians at Hysiae.
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