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    are not known to have been present in the Evrotas Valley. At some time prior to being called Evrotas, the river was the Bomycas and the Himeras. One etymology...
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    based in Amykles. The Evrotas Valley records the highest summer mean maximum temperatures in Greece. The Evrotas River is the main river traversing the valley...
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    of Lakonia, lies on the eastern foothills of Mount Taygetos in the Evrotas River valley. The city has been built upon the site of ancient Sparta, whose...
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    Maleas peninsulas are dry and rocky, but the northern shore, fed by the Evrotas River, which empties into the gulf at its apex, is fertile farmland. The island...
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    Helen with gymnastic exercises or/and choral dances of maidens near the Evrotas River. This practice is referenced in the closing lines of Lysistrata, where...
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  • threatened Mantinea, Epaminondas of Thebes moves south and crosses the Evrotas River (the frontier of Sparta), which no hostile army has breached in historical...
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    monastery, and leading to Gytheio. Northeast of Gytheio is the delta of the Evrotas River. Offshore are several small islands; the most important of these islands...
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    Evrotas (Greek: Ευρώτας) is a municipality in the Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. It is named after the river Eurotas. The seat of the municipality...
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    Boeotarchs to invade Laconia itself. Moving south, they crossed the Evrotas River, the frontier of Sparta, which no hostile army had breached in memory...
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    other Boeotarchs to invade Laconia. Moving south, they crossed the Evrotas River, the frontier of Sparta, which no hostile army had breached in memory...
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