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Page 335
... ( Sparta ) . A son of Zeus and Taygete , Lacedaemon married Sparta , daughter of the Laconian king Eurotas , from whom he inherited the kingdom . Lacedaemon renamed the region for himself and founded what was to become its principal city ...
... ( Sparta ) . A son of Zeus and Taygete , Lacedaemon married Sparta , daughter of the Laconian king Eurotas , from whom he inherited the kingdom . Lacedaemon renamed the region for himself and founded what was to become its principal city ...
Page 535
... Sparta . The principal city of Laconia . Sparta , which was often called Lacedaemon , was for centuries the dominant power of the southernmost region of 534 SPARTI the Peloponnesus . It was separated from Messenia on the west by the ...
... Sparta . The principal city of Laconia . Sparta , which was often called Lacedaemon , was for centuries the dominant power of the southernmost region of 534 SPARTI the Peloponnesus . It was separated from Messenia on the west by the ...
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... Spartans , together with some Minyan refugees in Sparta , to found a new colony . Membliarus ' descendants offered the throne to Theras , who renamed the island for himself . Later Battus , a Theraean descended through seventeen ...
... Spartans , together with some Minyan refugees in Sparta , to found a new colony . Membliarus ' descendants offered the throne to Theras , who renamed the island for himself . Later Battus , a Theraean descended through seventeen ...
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