Argive

Another Aeschylean drama, “The Suppliant Women,” shows King Pelasgus deferring to the Argive assembly when confronted with the Danaids’ plea for asylum.

He had come not to harm Thebes, but to bury the Argive dead, and the duty done he led his soldiers back to Athens.

Or to know that the city-states, which comprise the Greek coalition opposing Troy, get several names — “Achaeans,” “Argives,” “Danaans,” deployed seemingly at random, all mean the same thing.

They did not laugh when I spoke today of the Argive host and the fall of Rome.

The Argive citizens grant the sanctuary request, placing their city in jeopardy to uphold a sacred value.