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
  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.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Sparta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.


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