Where did Sparta get its name from? Who was the first ruler of Sparta? Were Spartan women respected, and is it really just a city full of abs and biceps?
We go way back to the origins of Sparta, from the legendary King Lelex, to the namesakes of the land we know today in Greek history and mythology. King Lacedaemon, the Nymph Taygete whose mountain home is revered to this day, and the eponymous Queen Sparta herself who may be unknowingly remembered as the woman who gave her name to a city which has lasted for thousands of years. Immortal women not yet lost to history.
Featuring Zeus, Helios, Poseidon, Mount Taygetos and Queen Gorgo, discover how Sparta is a land rooted in powerful women and powerful men both!
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Sources Used
Ancient Texts:
Pausanius - Description of Greece (Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις)
Plutarch - Life of Lycurgus (Βίοι Παράλληλοι: Λυκοῦργος)
Pseudo-Apollodorus - Library (Βιβλιοθήκη / Bibliotheca)
Stephanus Byzantinus - Ethnica (Ἐθνικά)
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'300' (2007) | Zack Snyder | Legendary Pictures ©
''Assassin's Creed Odyssey' (2018) | Ubisoft Montreal ©
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