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Not sure that External links in German serve any purpose. I deleted the first one (404 Not Found error). The second one has pictures but they are far from riveting. --Pat Hotorato 02:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... I don't see a way to edit the first section.

Use the "Edit this page" tab at the top, instead of trying to edit the section. Nahaj 00:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

And there are contraversial statements made there without any appearance of neutrality.

Like what? Nahaj 00:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

"a stalagtite cave" What a bizarre term. But I guess the people that do the main sections are allowed to invent terminology without a way for anyone to correct it.

The area in question (Mesa Mani) has a few *hundred* caves with stalagtities, two of them commercial, one famous in ancient times (Not the one famous in modern times) Pausanias and Strabo both wrote of the caves of the region.

The Mani area deserves it's own section, since it is only recently that it is split between political units. It is split into two sections, Exo Mani [outer Mani), now part of Messenia and Mesa Mani (Inner Mani), now part of Laconia.

Only if you take "recently" as meaning "sometime prior to the 1800's... And it DOES have its own section, see Mani Peninsula Nahaj 00:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Laconic expressions

Is'nt there a legend in which Alexander sends an ultimatum to Laconia which goes something like, "If I invade Laconia,......" to which they replied "If" and that this is of relevance in the coining of the 'Laconic' word. Vatsa 22:45, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

One of the most famous of Laconic expressions is when King Xerxes in about 480 B.C. marched on Greece. He offered terms of surender. King Leonidas at his legendary last stand at Thermopylae answered: "Molon Labe!' (Come and take it.) This, of course, predates Alexander Nahaj 00:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC) The Greek "Oxi!" ("No!") day celebrates a similar reply to the Italians in the second world war. Nahaj 00:47, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. I was looking for that exact thing. Someone should find the story about "if" and the story of Laconia should start with that, explaining why laconic came into the language. Cockrell9991 20:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)Keith Cockrell

[edit] What is origin of word "Laconia"?

We have a note on the later usage of the word "laconic", but what is the origin/etymology of the word "Laconia" itself? -- 201.50.254.243 11:26, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Good question. Probably an old Dorian or helot word. Not sure though The Bryce 14:16, 29 September 2007 (UTC)