We saw how the ships of the Phenicians went from coast to coast in order to get fresh materials for the dye, and found them in great numbers on the shores of Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, Cythera, and Thera; in the bays of laconia and Argos, and in the straits of Euboea.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
The Deity, who was alluded to under the name of Castor, was the Sun: and he had several temples of that denomination in laconia, and other parts of Greece.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
At first the Lacedaemonians meant to send ten of these forty themselves, with Melanchridas their admiral; but afterwards, an earthquake having occurred, they sent Chalcideus instead of Melanchridas, and instead of the ten ships equipped only five in laconia.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides