Spartan Shield Pendant – Sterling Silver & Gold Plated<\/p>\n
This pendant represents the shield of Leonidas. Leonidas was a warrior king of the Greek city-state of Sparta. Arguably, one of the greatest heroes in the history of ancient Greece.The letter lambda (\u039b), standing for Laconia (administrative capital of Sparta) or Lacedaemon (ancient name for the city of Sparta), which was painted on the Spartans’ shields, was first adopted in the 420s BC, and quickly became a widely known Spartan symbol. Military families passed on their shields to each generation as family heirlooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This pendant represents the shield of the Spartans.
\nMade in 925\u2070 sterling silver and gold plated.
\nHandmade pendant.<\/p>\n
The letter lambda (\u039b), standing for Laconia (the administrative capital of Sparta) or Lacedaemon (ancient name for the city of Sparta), which was painted on the Spartans’ shields, was first adopted in the 420s BC, and quickly became widely known Spartan symbol. Military families passed on their shields to each generation as family heirlooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[97,95,118,83,93],"product_tag":[596],"class_list":{"0":"post-59687","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-collections","7":"product_cat-heritage","8":"product_cat-pendants-3","9":"product_cat-jewellery","10":"product_cat-pendants","11":"product_tag-heritage-pendants","12":"pa_design-spartan","13":"pa_diameter-3-2-cm-1-25","14":"pa_diameter-3-8-cm-1-49","15":"pa_gender-men","16":"pa_material-gold-plated","17":"pa_material-sterling-silver-925","19":"first","20":"instock","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-variable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/59687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/59687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96867,"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/59687\/revisions\/96867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=59687"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=59687"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/95.216.140.185\/greekroots\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=59687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}