Cleocharia

id: cleocharia-176-18643613
title: Cleocharia
text: In Greek mythology, Cleocharia was a naiad of Laconia who later on became the queen-consort of King Lelex of Lelegia. She was the ancestress of the Spartan royal family and gave birth to Eurotas. Eurotas had a daughter named Sparta, who married Lacedaemon. The latter named the city of Sparta after his wife. However, the city's name would also be his own, as it was called either Lacedaemon or Sparta interchangeably. In some accounts, Lelex's two children were Myles and Polycaon possibly by Cleoch
brand slug: wiki
category slug: encyclopedia
description: Queen of Laconia in Greek mythology
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleocharia
date created: 2005-05-20T15:14:25Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T21:08:56Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q2980753","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2980753"}
image:
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

Related Entries

Explore Next Part