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Encyclopedia > Eurotas

Eurotas is the name of a river in the region of the Peloponnesus in Greece. It flows through the city of Sparta and empties into the Laconic Gulf.


Historically, it was used as a transportation method by the Ancient Spartans as an alternative to their port located at Gytheion.


Eurotas the brother of Lacedaemon was the father of Lacedaemon's wife, Sparta, according to Pausanias.


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Greek Mythology: EUROTAS River God of Lacedaemon, Greece w/ Pictures (401 words)
EUROTAS was a River-God of Lakedaimonia in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.
The River Eurotas had its headwaters in the Taygetos Mountains, flowing through the heart of Lakedaimonia past the city of Sparta, to reach the Meditteranean Sea near Helos in the Laconian Gulf.
EURO′TAS (Eurôtas), a son of Myles and grandson of Lelex.
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