What is "argia"

Argia is a genus of damselflies of the family Coenagrionidae and of the subfamily Argiinae. It is a diverse genus which contains about 114 species and many more to be described. It is also the largest genus in Argiinae. They are found in the Western Hemisphere. They are commonly known as dancers. Although the genus name comes from , dancers are quite active and alert damselflies. The bluer Argia species may be confused with Enallagma species.

Argia or Argea may refer to:

• Argia, a biological genus of damselflies
• Argia (mythology), several mythological figures bearing this name
• Argia Sbolenfi, a pseudonym of Italian poet Olindo Guerrini
• Argia (magazine), the oldest magazine published in Basque language
• Argia (schooner), a schooner located in Mystic, Connecticut
• Argea, a village in Ploscuțeni Commune, Vrancea County, Romania

Argia is a weekly newsmagazine published in Basque language, the eldest one still working, after surviving Francisco Franco's dictatorship in Spain. Their main office is in Lasarte-Oria, Basque Country. Its name was Zeruko Argia from 1919 to 1921 and from 1963 to 1980, and Argia from 1921 to 1936 and from 1980 to present. It had to cease its activity because of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, and it could not be published again until 1963, when the authoritarian regimen of Francisco Franco lifted its ban on Basque-language publications.

It was the journalists working in Argia that in 1990 created Euskaldunon Egunkaria, the Basque newspaper that in 2003 was closed down on orders from Juan del Olmo — a Spanish juge in the Audiencia Nacional — on grounds of accusations driven by a "narrow and erroneous view according to which everything that has to do with the Basque language and with culture in that language is promoted and/or controlled by ETA."

Argia or Argea (, Argeia) is a name borne by four minor characters in Greek mythology. These are:

• Argia of Argos, daughter of king Adrastus of Argos and Amphithea, daughter of Pronax. She married Polynices, son of Oedipus and bore him three sons: Thersander, Adrastus and Timeas.
• Argia, one of the Oceanids. She was the mother of Phoroneus by her brother Inachus. She may also have been the mother (by Inachus) of Io.
• Argia, wife of Polybus and mother of Argus (the builder of the ship Argo from the story of Jason and the Argonauts).
• Argia, daughter of king Autesion of Thebes. She married Aristodemus and became the mother of twins, Eurysthenes and Procles, the ancestors of the two royal houses of Sparta.