Sparta
(
*Spa/rta), a daughter of Eurotas by Clete, and wife of Lacedaemon, by whom she became the mother of Amyclas and Eurydice. (
Apollod. 3.10.3). From her the city of Sparta was believed to have derived its name (
Paus. 3.1.3; Schol.
Eur. Orest. 615).
She was represented on a tripod at Amyclae. (
Paus. 3.18.5).
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