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When did the term ‘Sparta/Spartan’ displace ‘Lakedaimon/Lakedaimonian’ in popular use?
From what I can tell, most Classical authors use Lakedaimon where most modern writers use Sparta; modern translators often convert the former to the latter when rendering ancient texts, i.e. ὦ ξεῖν', ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. Go, tell the Spartans, stranger passing by/That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.…
