Lacedaemon (/læsɪˈdiːmən/; Ancient Greek: Λακεδαίμων Lakedaímōn) or Lacedemon was the eponymous king of Lacedaemon (i.e. Sparta) in classical Greek mythology.Lacedaemon was the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Taygete. By Princess Sparta, the daughter of former King Eurotas, he was the father of his heir Amyclas and Eurydice, wife of King Acrisius of Argos. In a rare version of the myth, Taygete was the wife of Lacedaemon and their children were Himerus and Cleodice.
He was als ot he grandfather of Hyacinthus, who was loved by Apollo and Zephyrus..