Lacedaemon
Lacedaemon, District in the Peloponnesus
- 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
Lacedaemon (2), son of Zeus and Taygete
- 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