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*[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/δρόμος Δρόμος] (''drómos'') is the Greek word meaning 'racetrack, course, avenue'. It was also used of a walkway leading to a building, especially a ceremonial one, like those found leading to temples or tombs in Ancient Greece or [[Egypt]]. | *[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/δρόμος Δρόμος] (''drómos'') is the Greek word meaning 'racetrack, course, avenue'. It was also used of a walkway leading to a building, especially a ceremonial one, like those found leading to temples or tombs in Ancient Greece or [[Egypt]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:43, 12 February 2019
This article is about the Dromos in Sparta. For other uses, see Dromos.
The Dromos was a course for footraces in the polis of Sparta, Lakonia in the 5th century BCE.
At the dromos young Spartans were integrated into the city by offering sacrifices at the statue of Herakles when they reached adulthood.[1]
During the Peloponnesian War the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the location.[1]
Trivia
- Δρόμος (drómos) is the Greek word meaning 'racetrack, course, avenue'. It was also used of a walkway leading to a building, especially a ceremonial one, like those found leading to temples or tombs in Ancient Greece or Egypt.
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