Legacy A hero cult of Leonidas survived in Sparta until the Antonine era (2nd century AD).Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 12 By James Hastings p. 655. Leonideia (λεωνιδεῖα) were solemnities celebrated every year in Sparta in honour of Leonidas and only Spartans were allowed to take part. The contest was held opposite the theatre at Sparta where there were the two sepulchral monuments of Pausanias and Leonidas.
Legacy A hero cult of Leonidas survived in Sparta until the Antonine era (2nd century AD).Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics Part 12 By James Hastings p. 655. Leonideia (λεωνιδεῖα) were solemnities celebrated every year in Sparta in honour of Leonidas and only Spartans were allowed to take part. The contest was held opposite the theatre at Sparta where there were the two sepulchral monuments of Pausanias and Leonidas