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Figure 15.2 The most important cult places at Sparta
Many of the locations identified are very hypothetical; they have been deduced from the descriptions
given by Pausanias. The numbers given in brackets refer to Pausanias,PeriegesisBook 3.

Sanctuaries devoted to deities
1 Sanctuaries of Zeus Olympios and of Aphrodite Olympia (12.11)
2 Sanctuary of Zeus Euanemos (‘‘Of fair wind’’) and of Hera Hypercheiria (‘‘Whose
hand is above’’; i.e. ‘‘Protectress’’?) (13.8)
3 Sanctuaries of Thetis (14.4), of Demeter Chthonia, and of Zeus Olympios (14.5)
4 Acropolis (17.1), where the sanctuary of Athena Poliouchos (‘‘City-protecting’’) or
Athena Chalkioikos (‘‘Of the bronze house’’) is located (17.2–3)
5 Sanctuaries of the Dioscuri, the Charites, Eileithyia, Apollo Karneios (‘‘Of the ram’’)
and Artemis He ̄ge ̄mone (‘‘Leader’’) (14.6)
6 Dioscuri Apheterioi (‘‘Starters’’) (14.7) and Platanistas (14.8–15.1)
7 Sanctuaries of Orthia (16.7–11) and of Eileithyia (17.1)
8 Sanctuary of Artemis Isso ̄ria (14.2)
9 Sanctuary of Artemis Knagia (18.4–5)
10 Sanctuary of Poseidon Genethlios (‘‘God of kin’’) (15.10)
11 Sanctuary of Aphrodite Morpho ̄(located on a small hill) (15.10–11) and sanctuary of the
Leucippids (Hilaeira and Phoibe) incorporating the room where
achito ̄n, a tunic, is woven annually for Amyclaean Apollo (16.1–2)
12 The Knoll and temple of Dionysus of the Knoll (Kolo ̄natas) (13.7)

Hero ̄aand graves
A Sanctuary of Helen, memorial of Alcman, sanctuary of Heracles (15.2–3)
B Extramural sanctuary thought to be devoted to Achilles (20.8)
C Graves of the Agiad kings (14.2)
D Royal graves of the Eurypontids (12.8)
E Sanctuary of Lycurgus (16.6)
F Theater (it existed during the Roman period at the latest) andhero ̄aof Pausanias and of
Leonidas (14.1)
G Hero ̄onof Brasidas (14.1)

244 Nicolas Richer