Limnae (Sparta)

Limnae or Limnai ({{langx|grc|Λίμναι}}) was a settlement that existed before the Dorian conquest. It was united with three other such settlements (Mesoa, Pitane, and Cynosura) by a common sacrifice to Artemis,{{Cite Pausanias|3|16|9}} and eventually coalesced into ancient Sparta. Limnae was situated upon the Eurotas, having derived its name from the marshy ground which once existed there;{{Cite Strabo|viii. p.363}} and as the Dromus occupied a great part of the lower level towards the southern extremity, it is probable that Limnae occupied the northern.{{Cite DGRG|title=Sparta}}

Its site is unlocated.{{Cite Barrington|58}}