Sparta

Reading notes

• The Heroides §1 Lacedaemon

  Sparta, kingdom of Menelaus and Helen; Paris sailed there to carry Helen off, the act that began the war.

• The Heroides §1 Sparta

  City of Laconia, kingdom of Menelaus, to which Penelope also sent in vain for word of Ulysses.

• The Heroides §8 Lacedaemon

  Sparta, Hermione's homeland; she likens her seizure to a slave's lot at a sacked Lacedaemon.

• The Heroides §16 Lacedaemon

  Sparta, where Menelaus hospitably showed Paris the sights — but only Helen's beauty held his eye.

• The Heroides §16 Sparta

  Helen's thrifty homeland, which Paris will not scorn though it ill suits her beauty.

• The Heroides §17 Sparta

  Helen's city, whose judgment of her she dreads.

• The Heroides §19 Lacedaemon

  Sparta, whence Paris bore Helen away.

• Metamorphoses §3.46 Melampus of Spartan breed

  Sparta in the Peloponnese, famed for its hunting dogs.

• Metamorphoses §10.295 Sparta

  Sparta (Lacedaemon), Hyacinthus's city.

• Metamorphoses §15.493 Sparta was famous

  The Laconian city, now 'worthless ground.'