In classical Greek mythology, Lacedaemon (Ancient Greek: Λακεδαίμων) was the eponymous king of Lacedaemon, that is, Sparta. He was the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Taygete. The region of Lacedaemon (Laconia) took its name from him.
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I.Overview
Lacedaemon (Ancient Greek: Λακεδαίμων, romanized: Lakedaímōn), also spelled Lacaedemon, was the eponymous king of Lacedaemon — that is, Sparta — in classical Greek mythology.
II.Family
Lacedaemon was the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Taygete. By Princess Sparta, the daughter of the former king Eurotas, he was the father of his heir Amyclas and of Eurydice, the wife of King Acrisius of Argos.
In a rare version of the myth, Taygete was instead the wife of Lacedaemon, and their children were Himerus and Cleodice.
III.Mythology
Lacedaemon was credited as the founder of the sanctuary of the Graces, Cleta and Phaenna, near the river Tiasa.