Lacedaemon (mythology)
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| Lacedaemon | |
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| Spouse(s) | Sparta |
| Children |
King Amyclas of Sparta Eurydice of Argos |
| Parents |
Zeus Taygete |
In Greek mythology, Lacedaemon /læsɨˈdiːmən/ was a king of Laconia and son of the chief god Zeus and the Pleaid Taygete.[1] He was a father of King Amyclas of Sparta and Queen Eurydice of Argos, by Princess Sparta, the daughter of King Eurotas.[2]
Eurotas bequeathed the kingdom to Lacedaemon, who then renamed the state after his wife, who was also his niece.
According to Pseudo-Plutarch,[3] Taygete was a wife of Lacedaemon. Their son was named Himerus.
Notes
- ↑ Pausanias, Periegesis, iii.18.10.
- ↑ Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1. "Eurydice" (2), p. 157.
- ↑ Pseudo-Plutarch (2008) [1874]. "XVII Eurotas". In William W. Goodwin. De Fluviis. Boston; Medford: Little, Brown, and Company; Perseus Digital Library.
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| Preceded by Eurotas |
King of Sparta | Succeeded by Amyclas |
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