Lacedaemon
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- the city of Lacedaemon or Sparta, near the modern Mistra: dura, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Rep. 1, 33, 50: patiens, Hor. C. 1, 7, 10; gen. Lacedaemonis moenia, Liv. 34, 34: obsidio, id. 34, 33; acc. Lacedaemonem, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; acc. Graec. Lacedaemona, Verg. A. 7, 363; abl. Lacedaemone, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; locat. Lacedaemoni, Nep. praef. 4.—
- II Hence,
- A Lăcĕdaemŏnes, um, m., the Lacedaemonians: gemini illi reges Lacedaemones Heraclidae, Mamert. Pan. ad Maxim. 9, 4.—
- B Lăcĕdaemŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Lacedaemonian, Spartan: mulier, i. e. Helen, Enn. ap. Div. 1, 50, 114 (Trag. v. 93 Vahl.): Tarentum, i.e. founded by Spartans, Ov. M. 15, 50; Hor. C. 3, 5, 56: Galesus, that flows near Tarentum, Mart. 2, 43, 3: marmor, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55: orbis, i.e. floor of Laconian marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Subst.: Lăcĕdaemŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lacedaemonians, Spartans, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 95 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 3, 9, 15 et saep. —Sing.: Lacedaimonius quidam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; Nep. Lys. 1, 1.
(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. 3.10.3; Paus. 3.1.2, &c.; Steph. Byz. s. v. Ἀσίνη.) 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. 3.18.4.) An heroum was erected to him in the neighbourhood of Therapne. (Paus. 3.20.2.) [L.S]
LACEDAEMON (Λακεδαίμων, Steph. B. s. v.; Eustath. ad. Il. 2.582), a town in the interior of Cyprus. (Engel, Kypros, vol. 1. p. 158.)
[E.B.J]LACEDAEMON, LACEDAEMO´NIL [LACONIA]
(Λακεδαίμων). (1) A son of Zeus and Taÿgeté, the daughter of Atlas, who married Sparta, the daughter of Eurotas, by whom he had Amyclas, Asiné, and Eurydicé, the wife of Acrisius. He was the first who introduced the worship of the Charites into Laconia, and who built them a temple. From Lacedaemon and his wife the capital of Laconia was called Lacedaemon and Sparta (Apollod.iii. 10; Hyg. Fab. 155).
(2) A city of the Peloponnesus, the capital of Laconia, called also Sparta. See Sparta.
- home of Sparta
- Castor and Pollux at: Apollod. 1.8.2
- expedition of Herakles against: Apollod. 2.7.2
- allotted to the sons of Aristodemus: Apollod. 2.8.3
- serpent a symbol of: Apollod. 2.8.4
- Hyacinth comes from, to Athens: Apollod. 3.15.8
- Lycurgus' legislation: Hdt. 1.65, Hdt. 1.66
- Croesus' friendship with Lacedaemon: Hdt. 1.69
- Lacedaemon war with Argos: Hdt. 1.82
- with Tegea: Hdt. 1.67, Hdt. 1.68
- attack on Samos: Hdt. 3.44-47, Hdt. 3.54-56
- Theras' colonising expedition from Lacedaemon: Hdt. 4.147-149
- state of Sparta under Cleomenes: Hdt. 5.39-43
- Lacedaemonian invasion of Attica to expel the Pisistratids: Hdt. 5.63-65, Hdt. 5.70-76
- feud between Spartan kings, and origin of dual kingship: Hdt. 6.51, Hdt. 6.52, Hdt. 6.61-71
- rights and duties of the kings: Hdt. 6.56-60
- war with Argos: Hdt. 6.76-82
- Spartan force too late for Marathon: Hdt. 6.120
- claim to command against the Persians: Hdt. 7.159
- Lacedaemonians under Leonidas at Thermopylae: Hdt. 7.204-232
- Lacedaemonian envoys at Athens to maintain Athenian alliance: Hdt. 8.142-144
- dilatory policy of Lacedaemonians after Salamis: Hdt. 9.7-11
- their advance into Boeotia: Hdt. 9.19
- Spartan tactics before Plataea, and conduct in the battle: Hdt. 9.46-70
- at Mycale: Hdt. 9.102-104
- Sparta
- Cleomenes
- Eurybiades
- Demaratus
- Leonidas
- Pausanias
- king of Laconia, founds Sparta: Apollod. 3.10.2; Paus. 3.1.2
- founds sanctuary of two Graces: Paus. 3.18.6, Paus. 9.35.1
- father of Amyclas and Eurydice: Apollod. 3.10.2; Paus. 3.13.8
- his descendants: Paus. 7.18.5
- his shrine at Alesiae: Paus. 3.20.2
- the country named after him: Apollod. 3.10.2