Lacedæmon
Family: Patræ · Role: king · First appears: Book 3 · Chapter 1
In Book 3, Chapter 1, Lacedæmon, son of Taygete and reputedly Zeus, received the kingdom from Eurotas, who had no male children. He married Sparta, daughter of Eurotas, named the country and its inhabitants after himself, and founded the city Sparta, giving it his wife’s name. His son Amyclas built Amyclæ, and Eurydice is also identified as his daughter.
In Book 3, Chapter 18, when Ammon appeared to Lysander by night during the siege of Aphytis and urged him to withdraw, Lysander complied; the Lacedæmonians then honoured the god more than before. In Book 9, Chapter 35, Lacedæmon was said to have appointed two Graces, Cleta and Phaenna.
Relationship record
Life events
- Lacedæmon married Sparta, named the country after himself, and founded the city Sparta.(Book 3 · Chapter 1 · 📍 Sparta)
- With: Sparta
- “And Lacedæmon married Sparta the daughter of Eurotas, and when he succeeded to the kingdom he first gave the country and inhabitants his own name, and then built and gave his wife’s name to the city Sparta, which is so called even to our day.”
- Ammon tells Lysander to raise the siege of Aphytis, and Lysander complies.(Book 3 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Aphytis)
- Lacedæmon established two Graces named Cleta and Phaenna.(Book 9 · Chapter 35)
Book 3 · Chapter 1
- parent: Taygete “As he had no male children he left the kingdom to Lacedæmon, whose mother was Taygete, (who gave her name to the mountain Taygetus), and reputed father Zeus.”
- parent: Zeus “As he had no male children he left the kingdom to Lacedæmon, whose mother was Taygete, (who gave her name to the mountain Taygetus), and reputed father Zeus.”
- married with Sparta “And Lacedæmon married Sparta the daughter of Eurotas, and when he succeeded to the kingdom he first gave the country and inhabitants his own name, and then built and gave his wife’s name to the city Sparta, which is so called even to our day.”
- child: Amyclas “And Amyclas his son, wishing also himself to leave a memorial behind him, built the little town Amyclæ in Laconia.”
- with Eurotas (Eurotas left his kingdom to Lacedæmon.) “As he had no male children he left the kingdom to Lacedæmon, whose mother was Taygete, (who gave her name to the mountain Taygetus), and reputed father Zeus.”
Book 3 · Chapter 13
- child: Eurydice “Eurydice the daughter of Lacedæmon”
Book 3 · Chapter 18
- with Lysander (interaction) “he did so, and induced the Lacedæmonians to honour the god even more than before.”
Book 3 · Chapter 20
- parent: Taygete “At Alesiæ there is a hero-chapel to Lacedæmon the son of Taygete.”
Book 7 · Chapter 18
- child: Amyclas (Lacedæmon is Amyclas's father.) “the son of Deritus, the son of Harpalus, the son of Amyclas the son of Lacedæmon.”
Book 9 · Chapter 35
- parent: Taygete (Taygete is identified as Lacedæmon's parent.) “For the Lacedæmonians say that only two Graces were appointed by Lacedæmon the son of Taygete, and that their names were Cleta and Phaenna.”
- with Cleta (Lacedæmon appointed Cleta as one of the Graces.) “For the Lacedæmonians say that only two Graces were appointed by Lacedæmon the son of Taygete, and that their names were Cleta and Phaenna.”
- with Phaenna (Lacedæmon appointed Phaenna as one of the Graces.) “For the Lacedæmonians say that only two Graces were appointed by Lacedæmon the son of Taygete, and that their names were Cleta and Phaenna.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.