Sparta
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Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the state was known as Lacedaemon, while Sparta referred to its capital, a group of villages in the valley of the Evrotas
Eurotas River
Hollow Lacedaemon. Site of the Menelaion, the ancient shrine to Helen and Menelaus constructed in the Bronze Age city that stood on the hill of Therapne on the left bank of the Eurotas River overlooking the future site of Dorian Sparta. Across the valley the successive ridges of Mount Taygetus are in evidence.
The theatre of ancient Sparta with Mt. Taygetus in the background
Ruins of the Temple of Artemis Orthia
Classical Athens
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Athens, was a prominent city-state of ancient Greece during the classical period, in the peninsula of Attica. Athens was a centre for the arts, learning, and philosophy, and is widely referred to as a
Early Athenian coin, 5th century BC. British Museum
The modern National Academy in Athens, with Apollo and Athena on their columns, and Socrates and Plato seated in front.
The Acropolis imagined in an 1846 painting by Leo von Klenze
The Temple of Hephaestus in modern-day Athens