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His father so admired the Spartans that as a sign of goodwill he named his son after their city. Lacedaemonius was also identified as the proxenos of the Spartans in Athens. [7] Accounts cited Lacedaemonius as one of the Athenian generals sent to aid Corcyra in its conflict with Corinth after an alliance agreement concluded in 433. [8]
Unable to produce a male heir, King Eurotas bequeathed the kingdom to Lacedaemon, who then renamed the state after his wife, [1] Sparta (the daughter of Eurotas) in either 1539 BC [4] or the mid to late 1300s [5] Lacedemon was credited to be the founder of the sanctuary of the Graces, Cleta and Phaenna, near the river Tiasa.
The Lacedaemonion Politeia (Ancient Greek: Λακεδαιμονίων Πολιτεία), known in English as the Polity, Constitution, or Republic of the Lacedaemonians, or the Spartan Constitution, [1] [2] [3] is a treatise attributed to the ancient Greek historian Xenophon, describing the institutions, customs, and practices of the ancient Spartans.
Hyacinthus's daughters, who were sacrificed either to Athena or Persephone, were known in the Attic legends by the name of the "Hyacinthides", which they derived from their father. [1] [2] The names and numbers of the Hyacinthides differ in the different writers.
Following the dissolution of the Achaean League in 146 BC, the Eleutherolakōnes joined the Lacedaemonian League (κοινὸν τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων), a koinon of Spartan colonies under Roman rule, until Emperor Augustus re-established the League of Free Laconians in 21 BC.
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Philip Schaff's The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers. Patristics, also known as Patrology, is a branch of theological studies focused on the writings and teachings of the Church Fathers, between the 1st to 8th centuries CE. Scholars analyze texts from both orthodox and heretical authors.