Sparta Collection

Pheidippides Runs
BATTLE OF MARATHON Athenian courier Pheidippides sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon in 490 BC, died after completing his run

Leonidas I (died 480 BC). King of Sparta. Monument in Spart
Leonidas I (died 480 BC). Also known as Leonidas the Brave was a Greek hero-king of Sparta, the 17th of the Agiad line King of Sparta[

The Hesse-Cassel and Greek royal families
The youngest daughters of Vicky, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Empress of Prussia, the Princesses Sophie and Margarete of Prussia with their husbands and children at Friedrichshof in 1904

Lycurgus of Sparta
LYCURGUS OF SPARTA Legendary Greek lawgiver, mentioned by Herodotus, Plutarch and Xenophon, who praise his legislation

Sparta, Ontario, Canada
The Sterling Bank of Canada and Eakins General Store at Sparta, Ontario

City View of Ancient Sparta Greece 1816 Date: 1816

Eponymous archons or chief magistrates of ancient Greece
Eponymous archon or chief magistrate examining a young man 1, and archon with two deputies 2. From ancient Greek vases. Arconti nelL Esercizio del loro Magistrato

Reconstruction of the Mystic Temple of Ceres in Eleusis 1812 Date: 1812

The Greek royal family
The younger members of the Greek royal family in around 1900. From left to right; The Princess Helen of Sparta, Grand Duchess Marie of Greece Prince George of Sparta, Prince Nicholas of Greece

ARISTOMENES Military commander of the Messenians against Sparta, distinguished for his valour : after his death his heart was found to be covered with hair ? - 668 BC

Sparta on Market Day, Greece

Leuctra, where Thebes overcame Sparta, Greece
Leuctra, where Thebes overcame Sparta in 371 BCE, Greece Date: 1907

PAUSANIAS (?-394 BC). King of Sparta (444-426 B. C
PAUSANIAS (?-394 BC). King of Sparta (444-426 B.C and 408-394 B.C.). Hellenistic art. Sculpture. ITALY. LAZIO. Rome. Capitoline Museums

Reconstruction of Sparta
A reconstruction of the Agora, Sparta

Greece. Sparta. Inscription on the stone. Greek writing. Old Theater. Peloponnese

GREECE. PELOPONNESE. LACONIA. Sparta. Ruins of a theater

Tango apache. Illustration by Marinero for the cover of the entertainment magazine Sparta, Madrid 1933. Engraving

Dromos, Sparta
The Dromos, Sparta, venue for sporting and athletic activities in which the Spartans excelled

Education of young Spartans in Ancient Greece
The education of young Spartans in Ancient Greece emphasises brawn rather than brain

Helen of Troy. Engraving. Colored
Helen of Troy. Wife of Menelaus, was abducted by Paris, which triggered the Trojan War. Engraving after a painting of Maignan, Helen in the Fountain. The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Greece. Peloponnese. Modern city of Sparta. Tomb of Leonidas, also known as Leonidaion

Greece. Sparta. Acropolis. Ruins near old theater. Peloponnese

Greece. Modern city of Sparta. Tomb of Leonidas, also known as Leonidaion

Greekk. Sparta. Acropolis. Ruins of Artemision. Detail. Built between VII-VI centuries BC and reused in Roman times as a theater

Greece. Sparta. Byzantine church of Christ the Saviour. 10th -11th centuries. Near Acropolis. Region of Laconia. South-eastern peloponnese

Greece. Sparta. Roman Theater. 30-20 BC. Ruins. Region of Laconia. South-eastern Peloponnese

Saint Demetrius Church. Outside view
BYZANTINE ART. GREECE. Metropolitan Church of Saint Demetrius (Agios Dimitiros). General view of the Cathedral, almost everything original of XIII century. The city of Sparta in the second term

Sparta. Acropolis. Ruins of Artemision
GREEK ART. ACROPOLIS OF SPARTA. Ruins of ARTEMISION. Detail. Built between VII-VI centuries BC and reused in Roman times as a theater. SPARTA. Province of Lakonia. Peloponnese

Sparta. Acropolis. The Artemision
GREEK ART. ACROPOLIS OF SPARTA. Ruins of the ARTEMISION, built between the VII-VI centuries BC and reused in Roman times as a theater. SPARTA. Province of Lakonia. Region of the Peloponnese

Greece / Sparta / Taygetus
Sparta: Mount Taygetus Date: 1906

Epaminondas (Seated)
EPAMINONDAS - Greek (Theban) Soldier and statesman involved in conquest of Sparta Date: 418 - 362 BC

Carnival in Venice. Cover of the Magazine Sparta number 17. Madrid, February 25, 1933. Illustration by Palacios. Engraving

Sparta and the Taygetus mountains, c. 1880. Date: c. 1880

Cup from Vafio. Gold. Minoan art / Cretan art. Late Minoan period. Jewelry. Proc: GREECE. Sparta. Tomb of Vaphio

Spartan Dromos
Spartans exercise in the dromos, or sport stadium. Date: ancient

Lear / Nonsense / Sparta
There was an Old Person of Sparta, who had twenty-one sons and one darter ; He fed them on snails, and weighed them in scales, that wonderful Person of Sparta

Agesilaus & Persian
Agesilaus II, ruler of Sparta, meets with the Persian ambassador Pharnabazos

Aristomenes Hides
During the war with Sparta, Aristomenes hides in a cave

Seven Sages of Greece
The Seven Sages, or Wise Men, of Greece - Bias of Priene; Chilo of Sparta; Cleobolus of Lindos; Periander of Corinth; Pittacus of Mytilene; Solon of Athens; Thales of Miletus

Epaminondas (Profile)
EPAMINONDAS - Greek (Theban) Soldier and statesman involved in conquest of Sparta

Epaminondas (& Armour)
EPAMINONDAS - Greek (Theban) Soldier and statesman involved in conquest of Sparta

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