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It was the highest religious office in
Ancient Argos, and the person who held it enjoyed great prestige and played an official role. The Heraion of Argos was a Pan-Hellenic sanctuary, and her office was that of great status not only in Argos but in all Greece. A sign of her prestige was the fact that
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Priestess was likely selected from a family with inherited right to the office. She appears to have been a married woman, which would be logical to the cult of Hera as the goddess of marriage. Due to the fact that several priestesses served for a remarkable long time, it appears that the office
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She supervised the temple and the cult of Hera, and was the chief of the lesser officials of the cult.
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