Sparta (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Sparta (Σπάρτα; ) was the ancient Queen of Sparta, which was named in her honour.

Family
Sparta was one of two daughters of King Eurotas of Laconia and Clete, with the other being Tiasa.

By her husband, Lacedaemon, Sparta became the mother of Amyclas and Eurydice, wife of King Acrisius of Argos, and the grandmother of Hyacinthus, who was loved by Apollo and Zephyrus. She was also an ancestor of King Tyndareus of Sparta and his brother Icarius and their children Clytemnestra, Castor and Penelope.

Mythology
According to traditions recorded by Pausanias, Sparta's father having no male heirs bequeathed his kingdom to Lacedaemon. When he became king, he changed the name of the land and the inhabitants to Lacedaemon and Lacedaemonians, respectively, and he founded the City of Sparta, which was named after his wife.

Sparta was represented on a sacrificial tripod at Amyclae.