Leuctra
Sign in to saveLeuctra or Leuktra (, ) was a village in ancient Boeotia, situated on the road from Thespiae to Plataea, and within the territory of the former city. Leuctra is most notable for the Battle of Leuctra, fought in its neighbourhood between the Spartans and Thebans in 371 BCE, by which the supremacy of Sparta was demolished. In the plain of Leuctra, was the tomb of the two daughters of Scedasus, a Leuctrian. The daughters were violated by Spartans, and had afterwards slain themselves. Before the battle, Epaminondas crowned the tomb with wreaths, fulfilling an oracle's prophecy that the Sparta
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It sits within the topics Former populated places in Greece, History of Thebes, Greece and Populated places in ancient Boeotia.
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- Country
- Thespiae
- Significant event
- Battle of Leuctra
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- time period
- classical antiquity
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Leuctra or Leuktra (, ) was a village in ancient Boeotia, situated on the road from Thespiae to Plataea, and within the territory of the former city. Leuctra is most notable for the Battle of Leuctra, fought in its neighbourhood between the Spartans and Thebans in 371 BCE, by which the supremacy of Sparta was demolished. In the plain of Leuctra, was the tomb of the two daughters of Scedasus, a Leuctrian. The daughters were violated by Spartans, and had afterwards slain themselves. Before the battle, Epaminondas crowned the tomb with wreaths, fulfilling an oracle's prophecy that the Spartans would be defeated at this spot.
The site of Leuctra is near the modern village of Lefktra, renamed to reflect to connection with the ancient place.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leuctra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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