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🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese)

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  • Alternative name
    🌍 Lelegia (alt. Laconia) 🌍 Lacedaimon (alt. Laconia)
    Information
    region in the Peloponnese
    Place of birth of
    👤 Lelex (Laconian) Laconian autochthon, eponym of the Leleges TWG -9 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)
    Settled by
    👥 the Achaians ethnic collective not relevant ()
    Settled from
    🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) area of Thessaly, homeland of the Myrmidons, kingdom of Peleus
    Ruled by
    👤 Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of Helen TWG ()👤 Procles (Heraclid) son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()👤 Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()👤 Lelex (Laconian) Laconian autochthon, eponym of the Leleges TWG -9 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra TWG +1 ()👤 Archandros son of Achaios TWG -7 (🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese)👤 Architeles (s. of Achaios) son of Achaios TWG -7 (🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese)👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) son of Orestes, Spartan king TWG +2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Agis son of Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, Spartan king TWG +4 ()👤 Eurypon son of Soos or Procles, Spartan king TWG +5 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Myles son of Lelex, king of Laconia TWG -8 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Eurotas rivergod and eponym of Spartan river Eurotas TWG -7 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Lacedaimon son of Zeus and Taygete TWG -6 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Argalos son of Amyclas, Spartan king TWG -4 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Cynortas son of Amyclas TWG -4 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Echestratos son of Agis, Spartan king TWG +5 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Tyndareos king of Sparta TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut TWG -1 ()👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut TWG -1 ()👤 Labotas son of Echestratos TWG +6 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Doryssos child of Labotas TWG +7 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Agesilaus son of Doryssos TWG +8 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Polydectes (Spartan) son of Eunomos, Spartan king TWG +8 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Eunomos (Spartan) son of Prytanis, Spartan king TWG +7 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Prytanis (Spartan) son of Eurypon, Spartan king TWG +6 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Soos son of Procles, Spartan king TWG +4 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Amyclas (Laconian) son of Lacedaimon TWG -5 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Hippocoon (Spartan) Spartan, killed by Heracles TWG -1 (), TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)
    Conquered by
    👤 Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()👤 Procles (Heraclid) son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()👥 the Heracleidai descendants of Heracles, successfully take Peloponnese TWG +3 ()👤 Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at Troy TWG ()
    Related entities
    👤 Menelaos son of Atreus, husband of Helen TWG ()👤 Tyndareos king of Sparta TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia👤 Heracles greatest Greek hero TWG -1 ()👤 Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()👤 Procles (Heraclid) son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()👤 Lelex (Laconian) Laconian autochthon, eponym of the Leleges TWG -9 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Myles son of Lelex, king of Laconia TWG -8 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese👤 Polycaon (Messenian) king of Messenia, son of Lelex TWG -9 (🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese), TWG -8 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Messene eponym of Messenia TWG -9 (🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese), TWG -12 (🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese)👤 Dionysos (Olympian) Olympian god immortal ()👤 Helen Helen of Troy TWG (), TWG -1 ()👤 Leucothea (goddess) goddess, divine identity of Ino immortal ()👤 Eurotas rivergod and eponym of Spartan river Eurotas TWG -7 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Lacedaimon son of Zeus and Taygete TWG -6 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Agis son of Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, Spartan king TWG +4 ()👤 Patreus eponym of Patrai, son of Preugenes TWG +3 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 Patrai (Achaia) city in Achaia👤 Amyclas (Laconian) son of Lacedaimon TWG -5 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Argalos son of Amyclas, Spartan king TWG -4 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Cynortas son of Amyclas TWG -4 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Gras son of Echelas, descendant of Orestes TWG +4 ()🌍 Aiolis (Asia Minor) region in Asia Minor🌍 Lesbos (island) island in the Aegean Sea👤 Penthilos (s. of Orestes) son of Orestes TWG +2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Echestratos son of Agis, Spartan king TWG +5 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Hippocoon (Spartan) Spartan, killed by Heracles TWG -1 (), TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut TWG -1 ()👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut TWG -1 ()👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra TWG +1 ()👤 Tisamenos (Spartan) son of Orestes, Spartan king TWG +2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi👤 Labotas son of Echestratos TWG +6 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Doryssos child of Labotas TWG +7 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Agesilaus son of Doryssos TWG +8 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 Eleusis (Attica) city in Attica👤 Zarex (Laconian) eponym of Zarax, Lacedaimonian hero unknown ()👤 Eunomos (Spartan) son of Prytanis, Spartan king TWG +7 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Polydectes (Spartan) son of Eunomos, Spartan king TWG +8 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Prytanis (Spartan) son of Eurypon, Spartan king TWG +6 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Eurypon son of Soos or Procles, Spartan king TWG +5 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Soos son of Procles, Spartan king TWG +4 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👥 the Achaians ethnic collective not relevant ()🌍 the Argolid (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese🌍 Achaia (Peloponnese) region in the northern Peloponnese👥 the Dorians of the Peloponnese post-Heraclid Return not relevant ()👤 Archandros son of Achaios TWG -7 (🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese)👤 Architeles (s. of Achaios) son of Achaios TWG -7 (🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese)👥 the Heracleidai descendants of Heracles, successfully take Peloponnese TWG +3 ()👤 Preugenes father of Patreus, son of Agenor TWG +2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Molpia (Boiotian) sister of Hippo unknown ()👤 Hippo (Boiotian) sister of Molpia unknown ()👤 Phryrarchidas rapist of Molpia and Hippo unknown ()👤 Parthenios (Laconian) rapist of Molpia and Hippo unknown ()👤 Achaios (s. of Xouthos) eponym of the Achaians TWG -3 (🌍 Thessaly region in northern Greece), TWG -8 (🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese)🌍 Tetrapolis (Attica) area in northeastern Attica that included the cities of Marathon, Probalinthos, Tricorythos, and Oenoe.👤 Philonomos betrays Laconia to the Heracleidai, rules Amyclai as reward👤 Pelops (Pisan) son of Tantalos, eponym of the Peloponnese TWG -3 (🌍 Elis (region) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) area of Thessaly, homeland of the Myrmidons, kingdom of Peleus👤 Peisistratos (Pylian I) son of Nestor TWG (), TWG +1 (🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese)👤 Telemachos son of Odysseus TWG (), TWG +1 ()👤 Diocles (Pheraian) son of Orsilochos of Pherai on Alpheios, father of Orsilochos TWG -1 ()🌍 Pherai (Messenia) city in Messenia, near Laconian border👤 Iphitos (Oichalian) son of Eurytos TWG -1 ()👤 Odysseus king of Ithaca, leader of the Cephallenian contingent at Troy TWG ()👤 Orsilochos (Pheraian I) father of Diocles, son of Alpheios TWG -2 (🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese)🌍 Helos (Laconia) city in Laconia🌍 Pharis (Laconia) city in Laconia, near Amyclai🌍 Old Las (Laconia) on Mount Asia, functioning in the mythic period🌍 Aigys (Laconia) city in Laconia👤 Agamemnon commander of all Greek forces at Troy TWG ()👤 Theras son of Autesion TWG +3 ()🌍 Triphylia region in Elis👥 the Descendants of the Argonauts descendants of the Argonauts and the Lemnian Women TWG ()🌍 Thera (city) city on the island of the same name👤 Praxandros Spartan founder of Lapethos🌍 Lapethos (Cyprus) city on Cyprus🌍 Mount Dicte (Crete) mountain on Crete associated with the birth of Zeus and Dictynna👤 Labros (dog of Actaion) one of Actaion's dogs👤 Argiodus (dog) one of Actaion's dogs👥 the Argonauts sailors on the Argo TWG -1 ()🌍 Heniochia (Pontos) territory and mountain to east of the Black Sea👤 Rhecas charioteer of the Dioscouroi👤 Amphistratos charioteer of the Dioscouroi👤 Alexander (Trojan) Trojan hero, abducts Helen TWG ()👤 Hermione (Spartan) daughter of Menelaos and Helen TWG +1 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Leda mother of Helen TWG -2 (🌍 Aitolia region in mainland Greece), TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 Troy (Troad) city in the Troad👤 Phoibe (Spartan) daughter of Leda and Tyndareos👤 Daphne (nymph) desired by Apollo, daughter of various river gods TWG -3 ()👤 Artemis Olympian goddess immortal ()🌍 Lemnos (island) island in the Aegean Sea🌍 Imbros (island) island in the Aegean🌍 Brauron (Attica) a city later incorporated into Athens🌍 Crete (island) island in the Aegean👤 Pollis settles Melos and Gortyna with Delphos👤 Delphos (Laconian) settles Melos and Gortyna with Pollis🌍 Lacedaimon (alt. Laconia) alternative name for Laconia🌍 Lelegia (alt. Laconia) alternative name for Laconia
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 2.16📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.30📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.7.3📖 Apollodoros, Library 2.8.4📖 Pausanias 4.1.1-4.1.2📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 90-114📖 Pausanias 3.1.1📖 Pausanias 3.1.2📖 Pausanias 3.2.1-3.2.2📖 Pausanias 3.1.3📖 Pausanias 3.1.4-3.1.5📖 Pausanias 3.1.5📖 Pausanias 3.2.3📖 Pausanias 3.2.4📖 Pausanias 3.16.7📖 Pausanias 2.18.7-2.18.9📖 Pausanias 1.38.4📖 Pausanias 3.7.1-3.7.2📖 Pausanias 5.1.1📖 Pausanias 7.1.5📖 Pausanias 7.1.7📖 Pausanias 7.6.2📖 Pausanias 9.13.5📖 Pausanias 9.14.2-9.14.3📖 Pausanias 3.12.9📖 Strabo 8.7.1📖 Strabo 8.5.4-8.5.5📖 Strabo 8.5.6📖 Strabo 8.5.8📖 Strabo 8.6.10📖 Strabo 8.3.19📖 Strabo 8.3.28-8.3.29📖 Strabo 8.8.5📖 Strabo 14.6.3📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.138-3.252📖 Strabo 11.2.12📖 Ovid, Heroides 8📖 Parthenios, Erotica Pathemata 15📖 Plutarch, Greek Questions 21
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, EpitomeApollodoros, LibraryPausaniasLycophron, AlexandraStraboOvid, MetamorphosesOvid, HeroidesParthenios, Erotica PathemataPlutarch, Greek Questions
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    EphorosHellanicosEuripidesHomer, OdysseyDiodoros of EleaPhylarchos
    Mentioned in citation of
    📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 117📖 Hellanicos fr. 116 Fowler📖 Euripides fr. 727e Collard-Cropp📖 Homer, Odyssey 3.477-3.497📖 Homer, Odyssey 21.1-21.41📖 Ephoros FGrHist 70 fr. 18b📖 Diodoros of Elea 380 SH📖 Phylarchos FGrHist 81 fr. 32
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese
    Reported to have local traditions about
    👤 Hippocoon (Spartan) Spartan, killed by Heracles TWG -1 (), TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Icarios (Spartan) father of Penelope TWG -1 ()👤 Tyndareos king of Sparta TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)🌍 Sparta (Laconia) city in Laconia🌍 Pellana (Laconia) city in Laconia🏛️ Spring Messeis (unlocatable) unlocatable landmark🏛️ Spring Polydeuceia (Laconia) spring near Therapne in Laconia👤 Castor (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut TWG -1 ()👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) one of the Dioscouroi, Calydonian Boar hunter, Argonaut TWG -1 ()🏛️ the Temple of Athena Asia at Old Las (Laconia) on Mt Asia🌍 the Sanctuary of Athena Asia in Colchis🌍 Therapne (Laconia) city in Laconia🏛️ the Tomb of Helen (Therapne) in Laconia at Therapne🏛️ the Tomb of Menelaos (Therapne) in Laconia at Therapne🏺 the Wooden Statue of Artemis (Taurian)🌍 the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta👤 Iphigeneia daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra TWG (), TWG +1 ()👤 Orestes (s. of Agamemnon) son of Agamemnon and Clytaimnestra TWG +1 ()🌍 Tauris (Pontos) peninsula in the north of the Black Sea, modern Crimean peninsula🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese👤 Orpheus husband of Eurydice TWG -1 ()🌍 the Sanctuary of Demeter Chthonia at Sparta👤 Iapetos Titan immortal ()👤 Bouphagos (eponym) eponym of the river Bouphagos, son of Iapetos, from Pheneos TWG -1 ()👤 Thornax (eponym) eponym of Laconian Thornax, mother of Bouphagos TWG -2 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👥 the Charites personifications of grace, sometimes singular ('Charis') immortal ()👤 Lacedaimon son of Zeus and Taygete TWG -6 (🌍 Laconia (Peloponnese) region in the Peloponnese)👤 Cleta one of the Charites immortal ()👤 Phaenna one of the Charites immortal ()👤 Cresphontes one of the Heracleidai, son of Aristomachos TWG +3 ()👤 Eurysthenes son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()👤 Procles (Heraclid) son of Aristodemos, one of the Heracleidai TWG +3 (), TWG +4 ()🌍 Messenia (Peloponnese) region in Peloponnese
    Local traditions reported by
    📖 Pausanias 4.5.1📖 Pausanias 3.14.5📖 Pausanias 3.16.7📖 Pausanias 3.24.7📖 Pausanias 3.20.1📖 Pausanias 8.27.17📖 Pausanias 3.1.4-3.1.5📖 Pausanias 3.19.9-3.19.13📖 Pausanias 3.16.7-3.16.11📖 Pausanias 9.35.1-9.35.7
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