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A city on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
During the Trojan War, Menelaos (Menelaus), co-commander of the Achaian (Achaean) army, mustered soldiers from the Lakedaimon (Lacedaemon)1 cities of Bryseiai, Amyklai (Amyclae), Augeiai (Augeiae), Helos, Laas, Messe, Oitylos (Oetylus), Pharis, and Sparta.
1. Lakedaimon—also called Lakonia (Laconia)
Approximate
Latitude North, Longitude East
36.9220, 22.3191
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 583 |