Prosymna

Prosymna was a town in ancient Argolis, Greece, in whose territory the celebrated Heraeum (temple of Hera) stood, situated between Mycenae and Midea. The site was inhabited from the Neolithic period and hosts one of the largest Mycenaean cemeteries in mainland Greece (16th-13th century BC), yielding vases, weapons, and jewellery. Carl W. Blegen excavated the site (1925-28), uncovering numerous chamber tombs on slopes north and west of the temple. According to mythology, the name derives from a daughter of Asterion who, with her sisters Acraea and Euboea, nursed the goddess Hera. A 7th-century BC Doric temple was built on an 8th-century terrace, later replaced by a 5th-century BC temple housing Polykleitos' chryselephantine statue of Hera.