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Example sentences for: sparta

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Sparta attempted to govern the city through a council of 30 men, known as the “Thirty Tyrants,” who spent most of their time persecuting opponents and confiscating property.
Reading about Telemachus' trip to Sparta to visit Queen Helen and King Menelaus, for example, you realize that he brought no luggage at all, except gifts for his hosts.
In 431 b.c. , Athens began a war with its neighbor and league member Sparta.
In less than a year they were driven from the city, and Sparta, embroiled in other conflicts, let Athens re-establish its maritime alliances without resistance.
Lately, an old word has resurfaced: The United States stands accused of hegemonism . Didn't this musty term figure in Thucydides' description of how Sparta feared the rising power of Athens?