Leuctra
Leuctra or Leuktra (
Thebans in 371 BCE, by which the supremacy of Sparta was demolished. In the plain of Leuctra, was the tomb of the two daughters of Scedasus, a Leuctrian, both were violated by Spartans, and had afterwards slain themselves; this tomb was crowned with wreaths by Epaminondas before the battle, since an oracle had predicted that the Spartans would be defeated at this spot.[4][5][6][7]
The site of Leuctra is near the modern village of Lefktra, renamed to reflect to connection with the ancient place.[8][9]
References
- ^ Bailly, Anatole (1935). Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français. Paris: Hachette. p. 1184.
- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. ix. p.414. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
- ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 6.4.4.
- ^ Xenophon. Hellenica. Vol. 6.4.7.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus. Bibliotheca historica (Historical Library). Vol. 15.54.
- ^ Pausanias (1918). "13.3". Description of Greece. Vol. 9. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann – via Perseus Digital Library.
- ^ Plutarch Pelop. 20, 21.
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- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Leuctra". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.