Sparta

Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity (pre-800 BCE), the state was known as Lacedaemon (), while "Sparta" referred to its capital, a group of villages in the valley of the Evrotas River in Laconia, in southeastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become one of the major military powers in Greece, a status it retained until 371 BC.

tale from Trojan War, a wooden horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan war

military alliance in Ancient Greece

Spartathlon is a ultramarathon race held annually in Greece since 1983, between Athens and Sparta, the modern town on the site of ancient Sparta. The Spartathlon is based on the run of Pheidippides, an Athenian messenger who travelled from Athens to Sparta before the Battle of Marathon in a day and a half to seek aid against the Persians. Five Royal Air Force officers attempted the course in 1982 and the competition was started the next year.

about Spartan women

sanctuary at Sparta

work by Xenophon

Earthquake affecting ancient Greece

museum in Greece

Mothax (, mothax, pl.: μόθακες, mothakes) is a Doric Greek word meaning "stepbrother".

alt=See caption|thumb|Leonidas at Thermopylae, 1814 painting by [[Jacques-Louis David]] Laconophilia is love or admiration of Sparta and of the Spartan culture or constitution. The term derives from Laconia, the part of the Peloponnesus where the Spartans lived.