Lacedaemon

[ las-i-dee-muhn ]

noun

1. Sparta.
2. Classical Mythology. the son of Zeus and Taÿgete and the founder of the city of Sparta.

Lacedaemon

/ ˌlæsɪˈdiːmən /

noun

1. See Laconia, Sparta
   another name for Sparta Laconia

Example Sentences

Lacedaemon consequently continued to be dominant in Greece till other states began to employ regular troops.

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Lacedaemon and Crete give no assistance here; on the subject of love, as I may whisper in your ear, they are against us.

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For we have reached the settlement of Lacedaemon; which, as you truly say, is in laws and in institutions the sister of Crete.

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Self-respect constrains them: since the goddess whom the men of Lacedaemon worship is not "Shamelessness," but "Reverence."

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As the two armies closed, the allies of Lacedaemon were as a rule fairly borne down by their opponents.

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