Leuctra or Leuktra (Ancient Greek: τὰ Λεῦκτρα)[1][2] or Leuctrum or Leuktron (τὸ Λεῦκτρον)[3] was a town of Aegytis on the confines of Arcadia and Laconia, described by Thucydides as on the confines of Laconia toward Mount Lycaeus,[1] and by Xenophon.
[2] It was originally an Arcadian town, but was included in the territory of Laconia.
[1] It commanded one of the passes leading into Laconia, by which a portion of the Theban army penetrated into the country on their first invasion under Epaminondas.
[2] It was detached from Sparta by Epaminondas, and added to the territory of Megalopolis.
[3] It appears to have stood on the direct road from Sparta to Megalopolis.