place
Sparta
Lacedaemon
also: Lacedaemon
Lacedaemon, the austere ('hardy') Dorian city of the Peloponnese.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.7 Lacedaemon
Austere ('hardy') Sparta of the Peloponnese.
- The Odes §2.6 Laconian
Spartan; Phalanthus came from Laconia to found Tarentum.
- The Odes §2.11 Spartan way
The Laconian (Spartan) fashion of binding the hair in a neat knot.
- The Odes §2.18 Laconian
Costly Spartan purple-dyed cloth, the luxury Horace forgoes.