Priestess of Hera at Argos

It was the highest religious office in Ancient Argos, and the person who held it enjoyed great prestige and played an official role.

[1] Hellanicus of Lesbos composed a chronology of all priestesses of Hera at Argos, going back to about 1000 BC.

The office likely predated the temple, as the cult was celebrated in the open long before the sanctuary was built.

The most-known individual official of this position was Cydippe of Argos, the mother of Kleobis and Biton, and another was Chrysis (priestess).

The office could not have survived the ban of all non-Christian priesthoods during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire.