Lacedaemon

This article is about the mythological character Lacedaemon. For the place, see Spartans.

Lacedaemon
King of Lacedaemon
General Information
Species	Demideity
Sex	Male
Abodes	Laconia
Relationships
Parents	Zeus and Taygete
Spouses	Sparta
Children	Amyclas and Eurydice

Lacedaemon (Ancient Greek: Λακεδαίμων) was the name of the son of Zeus and Taygete. He became the king of Laconia by virtue of his marriage to Sparta.

King Eurotas, unable to produce a male heir, bequeathed the kingdom to Lacedaemon, who then renamed the state after his daughter Sparta.

He later renamed his capital after her and the land itself came to bear his name. Among his descendants were Penelope, Queen of Ithaca, Clytaemnestra, Queen of Mycenae, by adoption, Helen of Sparta and, in the female line, Perseus and Heracles (as descendants of his daughter Eurydice of Argos). He was succeeded by his son Amyclas.

Family

Lelegid/Lacadaemonid Genealogy in Greek mythology

Poseidôn               Lelex   Cleocharia                           Myles   Euhippe                         Clete   Eurotas     Zeús       Taygete                                                         Lapithes of the Lapiths   Orsinome           Sparta               Lacedaemon                                                                                                                           Acrisius of Argos   Eurydice               Amyclas   Diomede                                                             Zeús   Danaë                                                                                               Philomela   Cynortas       Argalus             Perseus   Andromeda                                                                                                             Gorgophone   Oebalus                                                                                                                                                             Hippomenes   Tyndareus       Leda       Zeús   Polycaste   Icarius                                                                                                                                                                     Castor               Polydeuces     Penelope   Odysseus of Ithaca                                                                                                         Agamemnon of Mycenae   Clytaemnestra           Helen   Menelaus                                                                                       Telemachus

Preceded by: Sparta (as sole Queen)

King of Sparta Mythic

Succeeded by Amyclas