McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Argiva

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Argiva


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a name of Juno, from the Argivi, among whom the sacrifices called Heraia were celebrated in her honor. They made her image in gold and ivory, holding a pomegranate in one hand, and in the other a sceptre, upon the top of which stood a cuckoo, because Jupiter changed himself into that bird when he fell in love with her.