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    Sparta (Greek: Σπάρτη, Spárti [ˈsparti]) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas...
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    the population of Laconia sharply declined. In classical Greece, Laconia was Spartan territory but from the 4th century BC onward Sparta lost control of...
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    you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known...
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  • based in Sparta, Laconia, Greece. The club was founded in 1991. The football section of the club was the most successful. Playing in Sparta Municipal...
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    allegorizing several traits of later-to-be Sparta and Laconia, such as the Kings Myles, Eurotas, Lacedaemon and Amyclas of Sparta. The last king from their family...
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  • Chionis of Sparta or Chionis of Laconia (Χίονις; /ˈkaɪoʊnɪs/; fl. 7th century BC) was an ancient Greek athlete who won multiple events at the ancient Olympic...
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    Mystras (category Sparta, Laconia)
    fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetus, above ancient Sparta, and below a Frankish castle, it served...
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    honour. Sparta was one of two daughters of King Eurotas of Laconia and Clete, with the other being Tiasa. By her husband, Lacedaemon, Sparta became the...
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  • Sparta or sparti in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sparta was a prominent city-state in ancient Greece. Sparta may also refer to: Sparta, Laconia,...
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    send his sons to Sparta to be educated in the agoge. After the withdrawal of the ambassadors, the Epiriote army advanced into Laconia followed the Eurotas...
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    Karyes (category Sparta, Laconia)
    made up of a number of states and Karyes belongs to the state of Laconia in which Sparta is the capital. Karyes gets its official name from the word ‘walnut’...
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  • Myles (category Mythological kings of Laconia)
    father of Eurotas who begotten Sparta after whom the city of Sparta was named. After Lelex's death, Myles ruled over Laconia, and later on, following his...
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    Olympus instead. A cult associated with her developed in Hellenistic Laconia, both at Sparta and elsewhere; at Therapne she shared a shrine with Menelaus. She...
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  • to parents of Greek descent. His paternal grandparents moved from Sparta, Laconia, to Australia and Kambosos has the famous Spartan war cry "Never retreat...
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    thousands of artifacts from the ancient Acropolis of Sparta and the rest of the municipality of Laconia. It is one of Greece's oldest archaeology museums...
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  • Amyclus was a king of Sparta and the founder of Amyclae in central Laconia. Amyclas was the son of King Lacedemon and Queen Sparta, and brother of Queen...
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    statement of a kind attributed to the leaders of Sparta (Laconia being the Greek region containing Sparta). In microblogging, all messages are forced to...
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  • Ancient Greek: Λέλεξ, gen. Λέλεγος) was one of the original inhabitants of Laconia which was called after him, its first king, Lelegia. Lelex was said to...
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    Oinountas (category Sparta, Laconia)
    former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sparta, of which it is a municipal...
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  • Leonidas Sparta FC (Greek: Π.Α.Σ. Λεωνίδας Σπάρτης) was established in 1965 in Sparta, the capital of Laconia. Leonidas Sparta currently plays in the...
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  • Agis I (category Agiad kings of Sparta)
    cancelled this policy and submitted Laconia to direct rule from Sparta. He notably conquered Amyclae, a city south of Sparta, and forced several non-Dorian...
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  • "Because we are also the only ones who give birth to men." Gorgo, Queen of Sparta and wife of Leonidas, as quoted by Plutarch Spartan women were famous in...
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    Vamvakou (category Sparta, Laconia)
    Vamvakou (Greek: Βαμβακού) is a village in Laconia in the Peloponnese, Greece. As of 2021, it had a population of 82. It is notable as the birthplace...
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  • (/laɪˈkɜːrɡəs/; Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykourgos) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, credited with the formation of its eunomia ("good order"), involving political...
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    Battle of Sellasia (category Ancient Laconia)
    III Doson, and Sparta under the command of King Cleomenes III. The battle was fought at Sellasia on the northern frontier of Laconia and ended in a Macedonian-Achaean...
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    Greek). Municipality of Sparta, Laconia. Archived from the original on 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-07-05. (from upper page Sparta) British School at Athens...
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  • Sellasia (category Sparta, Laconia)
    a village in Laconia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Oinountas. Since 2011, it is part of the municipality of Sparta. Sellasia is...
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  • Georgios Kanellopoulos (category Sportspeople from Sparta, Peloponnese)
    Veikkausliiga club HJK. Born in Sparta, Laconia, Kanellopoulos started playing football in a youth team of local club Sparta FC, before joining Asteras Tripolis...
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  • Arna, Greece (category Sparta, Laconia)
    range, at an altitude of 700 to 850 m (2,300 to 2,790 ft). Located in Laconia, in the Peloponnese, it used to form part of the municipal unit of Faris...
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    Nabis (Greek: Νάβις) was the last king of independent Sparta. He was probably a member of the Heracleidae, and he ruled from 207 BC to 192 BC, during the...
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