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Eurotas - Definition and Overview

Eurotas is the name of a river in the region of the Peloponnesus in Greece. It flows through the city of Sparta and empties into the Laconic Gulf.

Historically, it was used as a transportation method by the Ancient Spartans as an alternative to their port located at Gytheion.

Eurotas the brother of Lacedaemon was the father of Lacedaemon's wife, Sparta, according to Pausanias.

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