A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece including the city of Sparta, whose ancient inhabitants had a reputation for verbal austerity and were famous for their often pithy remarks.
Bust of Philip II of Macedon
Chilon of Sparta
Leonidas, a sculpture (c. 475 BCE) unearthed in Sparta in 1926 (Archaeological Museum of Sparta)
Laconia or Lakonia is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word laconic—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is derived from the name of this region, a reference to the ancient Spartans who were renowned for their verbal austerity and blunt, often pithy remarks.
Eurotas river outside the city of Sparti.
The theater of ancient Sparta with modern Sparti and Taygetus in the background
Palace of Mystras
Taygetus