Smintheum: temple of Apollo in the southwestern Troad, modern Gülpinar.The shrine of Apollo Smintheus (Σμινθεύς, "destroyer of mice") is mentioned by Homer as the temple where Chryses was priest.note[Homer, Iliad 1.39.] The town next to the temple was sometimes called…
Sogdians (Greek: Σογδιανοί or Σόγδοι): ancient name for the people living in the region of Maracanda (modern Samarkand). Their land is known as Sogdia, Sogdiana (Greek Σογδιανή), or Transoxiana.The land
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Spalatum or Aspalathos (Greek: Ασπάλαθος): port in Dalmatia, famous as residence of the retired emperor Diocletian, modern Split.History
Ruins of Spalatum today
s.III-II BCE:…
Sparta (Greek Σπάρτα): one of the main city-states of ancient Greece, leader of the Peloponnesian League. The city-state is also called Lacedaemon.History
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