(), 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.)