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spartan

[spahr-tn] / ˈspɑr tn /


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“That’s relieving to the market,” said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Spartan Capital Securities.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 21, 2026

After being consulted by the referee, it appears Tom Izzo asks former Spartan, Paul Davis, to leave his seat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Xenophon’s “Hellenica” carries the story to 404 B.C., when Athens surrendered and the Spartan general Lysander’s men demolished its Long Walls “to the music of flute-girls.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The war comes to be defined by the Spartan general Brasidas, who goes on to wrong-foot Thucydides in 424 B.C., and Cleon, who may have engineered Thucydides’ exile.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The Spartan city of Cameia hosted a long series of knock-out talent shows for singers accompanying themselves on the kithara, a form of lyre.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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