Agrotera was an avatar of Artemis, and goddess of war. Ancient Spartans used to sacrifice to her before starting a new military campaign. The Artemis of Versailles, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic marble sculpture, now at the Louvre Museum. ... Sparta (ΣπάÏτη) was a city in ancient Greece, whose territory included, in Classical times, all Laconia and Messenia, and which was the most powerful state of the Peloponnesus. ...
References
Salmonson, Jessica Amanda.(1991) The Encyclopedia of Amazons. Paragon House. Page 5.
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