The Archaeological Museum of Sparta (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Σπάρτης), founded in 1875, is a museum in Sparta, Greece that houses thousands of artifacts...
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monument indicated within the limits of the newly planned town in 1834. Archaeological Museum of Sparta The Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil in the...
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Leonidas (sculpture) (redirect from Statue of Leonidas (Sparta))
southwest of peribolos of the Athena Chalkioikos on the Acropolis of Sparta.: 240 The sculpture is housed in the Archaeological Museum of Sparta, which...
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Lakedaímōn), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement on the banks of the Eurotas River in the Eurotas valley of Laconia, in south-eastern...
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Spartan army (redirect from Military history of Sparta)
ground force of Sparta. It stood at the center of the ancient Greek city-state, consisting of citizens trained in the disciplines and honor of a warrior...
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The National Archaeological Museum (Greek: Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο, romanized: Ethnikó Archaiologikó Mouseío) in Athens houses some of the most important...
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Laconic phrase (category Culture of Sparta)
elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta, whose ancient inhabitants had a reputation for verbal austerity...
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The Archaeological Museum of Mystras (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Μυστρά) is a museum in Mystras in Greece. In spite of its naming it is classified as...
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Pella Archaeological Museum of Piraeus Archaeological Museum of Sparta Archaeological Park of Dion Areopagus Argead dynasty Argolid Peninsula Argolis...
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Julius Caesar (redirect from Literary works of Julius Caesar)
Italy Portrait at the Archaeological Museum of Sparta Bronze statue at the Porta Palatina in Turin Bust in the Archaeological Museum of Corinth Bust in the...
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of museums in Greece by regional unit. Archaeological Acropolis Museum Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos Epigraphical Museum Goulandris Museum of Cycladic...
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Peloponnesian alliance (led by Sparta), caused in part by Athens' alliance with Megara and Argos and the subsequent reaction of Sparta. The Athenians have built...
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city-state of Sparta, and continued to be used into the fourth century CE, when all non-Christian worship was banned during the persecution of pagans in the...
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Brasidas (category Spartans of the Peloponnesian War)
squadron. In the spring of 423 BC a truce was concluded between Athens and Sparta, but it was at once imperilled by the city of Scione, which it transpired...
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siege of Sparta took place in 272 BC and was a battle fought between Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus, (r. 297–272 BC) and an alliance consisting of Sparta, under...
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Lycurgus (redirect from Lycurgus (of Sparta))
Tfd›Greek: Λυκοῦργος Lykourgos) was the legendary lawgiver of Sparta, credited with the formation of its eunomia ('good order'), involving political, economic...
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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 years of the First and...
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The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio is a museum in the town of Nafplio of the Argolis region in Greece. It has exhibits of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic...
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National Archaeological Museum of Athens. A temple for Poseidon is erected in Sounion. Cynisca, Greek princess of Sparta Ducetius, a Hellenized leader of the...
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Dorian invasion (redirect from Return of the Heraclids)
dignity of women. This admiration and emulation of Sparta became a prominent feature of German nationalist ideologies. Müller extended his archaeological theories...
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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 ancient...
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Chilon of Sparta (Ancient Greek: Χείλων) (fl. 6th century BC) was a Spartan politician credited with the militarization of Spartan society, and one of the...
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Nemea (redirect from Nemea (Archaeological site))
Commons has media related to Archaeological sites of Nemea. Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology page Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, with pictures Archived...
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of the Temple of Zeus, begins at Olympia, Greece. This includes the relief sculpture (of which fragments now remain at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia)...
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Vastas (redirect from Saint Theodora of Vasta)
the caverns. The statues were claimed by the Archaeological Museum of Sparta. On the northwestern side of the village, there rests a big limestone with...
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Armed Aphrodite (NAMA 262) (category National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
National Archaeological Museum of Athens in Greece with accession number 262. The statue was found in ancient Epidaurus, in the sanctuary of Asclepius...
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Tourism in Greece (redirect from Archaeological sites in Greece)
Tiryns, also in the area, is a Mycenaean archaeological site. In the centre of the Peloponnese are Sparta, where, near the modern town, are ancient ruins...
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overtures made by Sparta. An Oligarchic revolt in Corcyra is unsuccessful. Evagoras re-establishes his family's claim as kings of Salamis which has been...
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of Dexileos is the stele of the tomb of an Athenian cavalryman named Dexileos (Ancient Greek: Δεξίλεως) who died in the Corinthian War against Sparta...
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Murujuga or Burrup Peninsula Ngarrabullgan Keilor archaeological site Sunbury earth rings Kow Swamp Archaeological Site Wurdi Youang Mount William stone axe quarry...
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