Limnae or Limnai ( grc, Λίμναι) was a settlement that existed before the

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conquest. It was united with three other such settlements ( Mesoa, Pitane, and Cynosura) by a common sacrifice to

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, and eventually coalesced into

ancient Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...

. Limnae was situated upon the

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, having derived its name from the marshy ground which once existed there; and as the Dromus occupied a great part of the lower level towards the southern extremity, it is probable that Limnae occupied the northern. Its site is unlocated.

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