Limnae (Sparta)

Limnae or Limnai (Ancient Greek: Λίμναι) was a settlement that existed before the Dorian conquest. It was united with three other such settlements (Mesoa, Pitane, and Cynosura) by a common sacrifice to Artemis,^[1] and eventually coalesced into ancient Sparta. Limnae was situated upon the Eurotas, having derived its name from the marshy ground which once existed there;^[2] and as the Dromus occupied a great part of the lower level towards the southern extremity, it is probable that Limnae occupied the northern.^[3]

Its site is unlocated.^[4]

References[]

^ Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.16.9.
^ Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.363. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
^ Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sparta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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[1] Pausanias. Description of Greece. 3.16.9.

[2] Strabo. Geographica. viii. p.363. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.

[3] Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sparta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

[4] Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 58, and directory notes accompanying.

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