place
Sparta
also: Σπάρτη, Σπάρτην, Λακεδαίμων, Λακεδαίμονα, Lacedaemon
City of Menelaus and Helen in Laconia; Telemachus travels here in Books 3-4 seeking news of his father.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.441 Sparta
City of Menelaus and Helen in Laconia, whose loss of Helen to Paris is the cause of the war.
- The Odyssey §3.309 noble Lacedaemon
Menelaus's kingdom, also called Sparta, Telemachus's next destination.