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SPARTA; SPARTANS

spar'-ta, spar'-tanz (Sparte (1 Maccabees 14:16), Spartiatai; Lacedaemonians (the King James Version 1 Maccabees 12:2, 5, 6, 10, 21; 14:20-23; 15:23; in 2 Maccabees 5:9, Greek Lakedaimonioi)): The passages in 1 Maccabees relate to a correspondence initiated by Jonathan, the priest, during the Maccabean revolt, and continued after his death with his brother Simon, between the Jews and the Lacedaemonians or Spartans, with a view to a friendly alliance. The proposals, curiously based on a claim to kindredship, were favorably received by the Lacedaemonians. See the letters (1 Maccabees 12:5;, 19;; 14:16;). The claim to blood-relationship (compare 1 Maccabees 12:21; 2 Maccabees 5:9) is of course absurd, but there is no good reason to doubt the genuineness of the transaction described.

See ARIUS; ASMONEANS; LACEDAEMONIANS; MACCABAEUS, etc.

James Orr

Library

The Preparations of the Greeks for Defense.
... The Delphic oracle consulted."Plan for ascertaining the eldest."Civil dissensions."
Two lines established."Character of the Spartans."Their lofty ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter vii the preparations of.htm

The Battle of Thermopylae.
... The allied forces."Leonidas the Spartan."Debate in regard to defending
Thermopylae."The decision."Character of the Spartans."Their pride."The ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter ix the battle of.htm

Christians Charged with an Obstinate Contempt of Death Instances ...
... recently performed again by one of your own (circus-) hunters [748] as he traversed
the appointed course, not to mention the famous sufferings of the Spartans. ...
/.../tertullian/ad nationes/chapter xviii name charged with.htm

The Review of the Troops at Doriscus.
... Birth of Demaratus."Demaratus disowned."His flight."Question of Xerxes."Perplexity
of Demaratus."Demaratus describes the Spartans."Surprise of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter vi the review of.htm

The Battle of Salamis.
... There they fought, maintaining their position desperately, day after day, as long
as Leonidas and his Spartans held their ground on the shore. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/xerxes/chapter xi the battle of.htm

Firm to the End.
... stand firm against the enemy. The Spartans of old were forbidden by their
laws ever to flee from a foe. In the Pass of Thermopylae ...
/.../the life of duty a years plain sermons v 2/sermon liii firm to the.htm

Unless I am Utterly Mistaken, There is Nothing So Old as the Truth ...
... For this reason, I imagine, philosophy was banished by certain states"I mean by
the Thebans, by the Spartans also, and the Argives"its disciples sought to ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xlvii unless i am.htm

Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth.
... but to others, and those abroad also, the blessings of his divine labours." He wrote
"Catholic Epistles;" he addressed an epistle to the Spartans and the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/dionysius bishop of corinth.htm

Women as Well as Men Capable of Perfection.
... And they say that the Argolic women, under the guidance of Telesilla the poetess,
turned to flight the doughty Spartans by merely showing themselves; and that ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chap xix women as well as.htm

That Divine Love Makes the virtues Immeasurably More Agreeable to ...
... When the Spartans had heard an excellent sentence from the mouth of some wicked
man, they never thought it right to receive it till it was first pronounced by ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter ii that divine love.htm

Thesaurus

Spartans
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SPARTA; SPARTANS. spar'-ta, spar'-tanz
(Sparte (1 Maccabees 14:16), Spartiatai; Lacedaemonians (the ...
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Sparta
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SPARTA; SPARTANS. spar'-ta, spar'-tanz
(Sparte (1 Maccabees 14:16), Spartiatai; Lacedaemonians (the ...
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Maccabees
... (7) Letter from Jonathan to the Spartans, asking for an alliance (1 Maccabees
12:5-18). ... (10) Letter from the Spartans to Simon (1 Maccabees 14:20-24). ...
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Spat (7 Occurrences)

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Numenius
... nu-me'-ni-us (Noumenios): The son of Antiochus, and Antipater were the two ambassadors
whom Jonathan sent to the Romans, "to the Spartans, and to other places ...
/n/numenius.htm - 7k

Greeks (22 Occurrences)
... he will make the Jews equal to the Athenians; in 1 Maccabees 12-14, reference is
made to negotiations of Jonathan, the high priest, with the Spartans, whom he ...
/g/greeks.htm - 19k

Grecians (4 Occurrences)
... he will make the Jews equal to the Athenians; in 1 Maccabees 12-14, reference is
made to negotiations of Jonathan, the high priest, with the Spartans, whom he ...
/g/grecians.htm - 14k

Rhodes (2 Occurrences)
... 408 BC In the beginning of the Peloponnesian war, Rhodes sided with the Athenians,
but, after 19 years of loyalty to Athens, went over to the Spartans (412 BC ...
/r/rhodes.htm - 13k

Antipater
... ANTIPATER. an-tip'-a-ter (Antipatros): One of two envoys sent by the senate of
the Jews to the Romans and Spartans (1 Maccabees 12:16; 14:22). ...
/a/antipater.htm - 6k

Antiochus
... Maccabees 12:16)): The father of Numenius, who in company with Antipater, son of
Jason, was sent by Jonathan on an embassy to the Romans and Spartans to renew ...
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Subtopics

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