CE´ADAS
CE´ADAS (
Κεάδας)
or CAE´ADAS(
Καιάδας) was a deep
cavern or chasm, like the
Barathron at Athens,
into which the Spartans were accustomed to thrust persons condemned to
death. (
Thuc. 1.134;
Strab. viii. p.367;
Paus. 4.18.4; Suidas, s. v.
Βάραθρον,
Καιάδας, Κεάδας.)
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