In Greek mythology, Eurotas (Ancient Greek: Εὐρώτας) is a River god and was a king of Laconia.
Mythology[]
Eurotas bequeathed the kingdom to Lacedaemon, the son of Zeus and Taygete, after whom Mount Taygetus was named, according to Pausanias. This Lacedaemon married his daughter Sparta and renamed the state after his wife.
Pausanias says: "It was Eurotas who channeled away the marsh-water from the plains by cutting through to the sea, and when the land was drained he called the river which was left running there the Eurotas." The "cutting through" is seen by Pausanias’ translator and commentator, Peter Levy, S.J., as an explanation of Eurotas (or Vrodamas) Canyon, a ravine north of Skala where the river has cut through the foothills of Taygetus after changing direction to the west of the valley.
Family[]
Eurotas was the son of King Myles of Laconia and grandson of Lelex, eponymous ancestor of the Leleges. Eurotas had no male heir but he did have two daughters Sparta and Tiasa by Clete.

Eurotas (left) with her daughter Sparta (right)
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