Lacedaemon
Lacedaemōn, onis (acc. ona), f.: Lacedaemon or Sparta, the capital of Laconia, 7.363.
Lacedaemonius ius, a, um: (adj.), Lacedaemonian, Spartan, 3.328.
Lăcĕdaemō̆n (nom. Lăcĕdaemo, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Rep. 1, 33, 50), ŏnis, f., = Λακεδαίμων,
- the city of Lacedaemon or Sparta, near the modern Mistra: dura, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Rep. 1, 33, 50: patiens, Hor. C. 1, 7, 10; gen. Lacedaemonis moenia, Liv. 34, 34: obsidio, id. 34, 33; acc. Lacedaemonem, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; acc. Graec. Laceuaemona, Verg. A. 7, 363; abl. Lacedaemone, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; locat. Lacedaemoni, Nep. praef. 4.—
- II Hence,
- A Lăcĕdaemŏnes, um, m., the Lacedaemonians: gemini illi reges Lacedaemones Heraclidae, Mamert. Pan. ad Maxim. 9, 4.—
- B Lăcĕdaemŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Lacedaemonian, Spartan: mulier, i. e. Helen, Enn. ap. Div. 1, 50, 114 (Trag. v. 93 Vahl.): Tarentum, i. e. founded by Spartans, Ov. M. 15, 50; Hor. C. 3, 5, 56: Galesus, that flows near Tarentum, Mart. 2, 43, 3: marmor, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55: orbis, i. e. floor of Laconian marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Subst.: Lăcĕdaemŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lacedaemonians, Spartans, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 95 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 3, 9, 15 et saep. —Sing.: Lacedaimonius quidam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; Nep. Lys. 1, 1.
Lăcĕdæmōn, (12) mŏnis, f. , Lacédémone ; nomin. Lacedæmo Cic. Leg. 2, 39 ; Rep. 1, 50 ; abl. Lacedæmone Cic. Tusc. 5, 77 ; locatif Lacedæmoni Nep. Præf. 4.
LACEDAEMON
LACEDAEMON(Λακεδαίμων, Steph. B. s. v.;Eustath. ad. Il. 2.582), a town in the interior of Cyprus. (Engel, Kypros, vol. 1. p. 158.)
[E.B.J]LACEDAEMON
LACEDAEMON, LACEDAEMO´NIL[LACONIA]
Lacedaemon
(Λακεδαίμων). (1) A son of Zeus and Taÿgeté, the daughter of Atlas, who married Sparta, the daughter of Eurotas, by whom he had Amyclas, Asiné, and Eurydicé, the wife of Acrisius. He was the first who introduced the worship of the Charites into Laconia, and who built them a temple. From Lacedaemon and his wife the capital of Laconia was called Lacedaemon and Sparta (Apollod.iii. 10; Hyg. Fab. 155).
(2) A city of the Peloponnesus, the capital of Laconia, called also Sparta. See Sparta.
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
- Sparta
- Cleomenes
- Eurybiades
- Demaratus
- Leonidas
- Pausanias
- 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