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Headword:
Leuktra
Adler number: lambda,341
Translated headword: Leuktra, Leuctra
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A Boiotian place near Thespiai.
Greek Original:Leuktra: chôrion Boiôtion peri Thespias.
Notes:
In central Greece; best-known for being the site of the battle, in 371 BCE, which ended centuries of Spartan hegemony.
Entry abridged from Harpokration s.v., commenting on its mention in
Demosthenes 18.18.
Keywords: definition; geography; history; military affairs; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 5 December 2000@08:26:36.
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