Lacedaemon (mythology)

Lacedaemon
Eponymous king of Lacedaemon
Member of the Sparta Royal Family
Other namesLacaedemon, Lacedemon
SuccessorAmyclas
AbodeLaconia
Genealogy
ParentsZeus and Taygete
SiblingsEurotas
Consort
  1. Sparta
  2. Taygete
Children
  1. Amyclas and Eurydice
  2. Himerus and Cleodice

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