Sparta (disambiguation)

Sparta (disambiguation)

Sparta or Sparti may refer to:In Greece:
* the ancient city of Sparta
* modern Sparta - Sparti (municipality) - in Laconia

In mythology

* The Spartoi, a group of mythical beings figuring in the founding myths of the ancient Greek city of Thebes, which are sometimes referred to as "Sparti", following the Demotic or modern pronunciation of the Greek term

Places named after Greek Sparta

;Canada
* Sparta, Ontario, a historic village;Honduras
* Esparta, a municipality in the Honduran department;United States
* Sparta, Georgia
* Sparta, Illinois
* Sparta, Indiana
* Sparta, Kentucky
* Sparta, Michigan
* Sparta, Mississippi
* Sparta, Missouri
* Sparta, New York
* Sparta, North Carolina
* Sparta, Tennessee
* Sparta, Wisconsin
* Sparta Township, New Jersey
* Sparta Township, Pennsylvania;Venezuela
* Nueva Esparta (New Sparta), a state; Turkey
* Isparta

ports

* Sparta Atletik, a Danish athletic club
* Sparta Prague, a Czech football team
* HC Sparta Praha, a Czech ice hockey team
* Sparta Rotterdam, a Dutch football team
* Spartans F.C., a non-league football team from Scotland
* Sparta Sarpsborg, Norwegian football team
* "Spartans", the mascot for:
**Case Western Reserve University
**Michigan State University
**Norfolk State University
**San Jose State University
**University of Tampa
**Emporia High School
**Rio Mesa High School
**Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School
**Sunnyvale Middle School
**University of South Carolina Upstate

Brands and products

* Sparta (rocket)
* SPARTA, Inc., a United States defense contractor
* Sparta XML, a Java XML software package
* "Sparta" (magazine), journal of ancient Spartan and Greek history
* "", a real-time strategy computer game

Popular culture

* Sparta (band), a band formed by ex-members of At the Drive-In
* "This is Sparta!", the famous line from 300.

ee also

* Spartan
* Spartacus
* Spartak
* Spartan Army
* History of Sparta


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