Associations to the word «Sparta»

Wiktionary

SPARTA, proper noun. An ancient city-state in southern Greece, noted for its strict military training.

Dictionary definition

SPARTA, noun. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess; the dominant city of the Peloponnesus prior to the 4th century BC.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope