Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology/Lacedaemon

LACEDAEMON (Λακεδαίμων), a son of Zeus by Taygete, was married to Sparta, the daughter of Eurotas, by whom he became the father of Amyclas, Eurydice, and Asine. He was king of the country which he called after his own name, Lacedaemon, while he gave to his capital the name of his wife, Sparta. (Apollod. iii. 10. § 3; Paus. iii. 1. § 2, &c.; Steph. Byz. s. v. Ὰσίνη) He was believed to have built the sanctuary of the Charites, which stood between Sparta and Amyclae, and to have given to those divinities the names of Cleta and Phaenna. (Paus. iii. 18. § 4.) An heroum was erected to him in the neighbourhood of Therapne. (Paus. iii. 20. § 2.)