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A city on the southern Peloponnesian Peninsula.
During the Trojan War, Menelaos (Menelaus), co-commander of the Achaian (Achaean) army, mustered soldiers from the Lakedaimon (Lacedaemon)1 cities of Augeiai, Amyklai (Amyclae), Bryseiai (Bryseiae), Helos, Laas, Messe, Oitylos (Oetylus), Pharis, and Sparta.
1. Lakedaimon—also called Lakonia (Laconia)
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 583 |