Lacedaemon (mythology)

Lacedaemon
Eponymous king of Lacedaemon
Member of the Sparta Royal Family
Other namesLacedemon
PredecessorEurotas
SuccessorAmyclas
AbodeLaconia
Personal information
ParentsZeus and Taygete
Siblingsunknown
Consort(1) Sparta
(2) Taygete
Children(1) Amyclas and Eurydice
(2) Himerus and Cleodice

Lacedaemon (/læsɪˈdmən/; Ancient Greek: Λακεδαίμων Lakedaímōn) or Lacedemon was the eponymous king of Lacedaemon (i.e. Sparta) in classical Greek mythology.[1]

  1. ^ Pausanias (1918). "III.1.2". Description of Greece. with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts; London.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) At the Perseus Project.

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