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Early Sparta

Early Sparta. Map of Sparta. Geography Facts. Classical Sparta was the largest Greek city state in terms of territory (Laconia and Messenia) Valley of Eurotas, well watered. 5 villages of Sparta: Kynosura, Mesoa, Limnai, Pitana, Amyclae

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Early Sparta

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  1. Early Sparta

  2. Map of Sparta

  3. Geography Facts • Classical Sparta was the largest Greek city state in terms of territory (Laconia and Messenia) • Valley of Eurotas, well watered. • 5 villages of Sparta: Kynosura, Mesoa, Limnai, Pitana, Amyclae • Climate: Warm summers, cool winters, glorious spring and fall colors • Mt. Taygetos in the west (2047 m. high), and Mt. Parnon in the east and north east rise like natural walls enclosing the valley. • Products: wine, olive-oil, grain, citrus-trees (later import)

  4. Modern Sparta with mountains

  5. Mount Taygetos

  6. Mystras

  7. Eurotas Valley

  8. Sparta

  9. Sparta Valley

  10. Helen of Sparta/Troy • Daughter of Leda and Zeus (who approached her as a swan) • Married Menelaus • Eloped with Paris, with the power of Aphrodite • Caused the Trojan War • Rehabilitated in later Greek Literature • In Sparta there was a cult of Helen and Menelaus • She was identified with a fertility goddess.

  11. Troy

  12. Therapne, Mycenean Palace

  13. Mycene

  14. Pylos, Palace

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