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Helen of Troy
daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology
Castor and Pollux
Greek mythical siblings
Penelope
thumb|Penelope. Drawing after Attic pottery figure. thumb|Penelope encounters the returned Odysseus posing as a beggar. From a mural in the Macellum of Pompeii
Clytemnestra
In Greek mythology, Clytemnestra (, ; , ), was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the half-sister of Helen of Troy. With Agamemnon, she was the mother of Orestes and Electra.
Hyacinth
mythological prince, loved by Apollo
Tyndareus
In Greek mythology, Tyndareus ( ; ; , ) was a Spartan king.
Hermione
daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy
Lacedaemon
mythical king of Sparta
Eurotas
In Greek mythology, Eurotas (; ) was a king of Laconia. == Family == thumb|Eurotas with his daughter Sparta (mythology)|Sparta|left|257x257px Eurotas was the son of King Myles of Laconia and grandson of Lelex, eponymous ancestor of the Leleges. The Bibliotheca gave a slight variant of the mythological generation of Eurotas, who was described as the son of Lelex, born from the ground, by his wife Cleocharia. In some accounts, his mother was called Taygete instead. Eurotas had no male heir but he did have two daughters Sparta and Tiasa by Clete.
Lelex
king of Laconia
Oebalus
In Greek mythology, Oebalus, also spelled Oibalus or Oibalius, (; ) was a king of Sparta.
Hippocoon
king of Sparta, son of Oebalus
Sparta
daughter of Eurotas, in Greek mythology
Tisamenus
mythical son of Orestes
Cynortas
In Greek mythology, Cynortas (; ) or Cynortes (; ) or Cynortus was a king of Sparta.
Eurydice of Argos
Greek queen
Myles
In Greek mythology, Myles (; ) was an ancient king of Laconia. He was the son of the King Lelex and possibly the naiad Queen Cleocharia, and brother of Polycaon. Myles was the father of Eurotas who begotten Sparta after whom the city of Sparta was named.
Icarius of Sparta
father of Penelope
Timandra
Greek mythological character, daughter of Leda and Tyndareus
Amyclas of Sparta
Greek mythological character; King of Sparta
Argalus
In Greek mythology, King Argalus (Ancient Greek: Ἄργαλος) was a leader of the Lacedaemonid Greeks from the age of legend, now treated as being the Bronze Age in Greece.
Heleus
In Greek mythology, Heleus or Heleius (Ancient Greek: Ἕλειος), also Helios (Ἕλιος), was a Mycenaean prince.
Periboea
__NOTOC__ In Greek mythology, the name Periboea (; Ancient Greek: Περίβοια "surrounded by cattle" derived from peri "around" and boes "cattle") refers to multiple figures:
Laodamia
In Greek mythology, the name Laodamia () referred to:
Thoas
Elatus
There were several figures named Elatus or Élatos (Ancient Greek: Ἔλατος means "ductile") in Greek mythology.
Cleocharia
In Greek mythology, Cleocharia (; ) was a naiad (water nymph) of Laconia who became the queen-consort of King Lelex of Lelegia. She was the ancestor of the Spartan royal family and gave birth to Eurotas. Eurotas had a daughter named Sparta, who married Lacedaemon. The city was called either Lacedaemon or Sparta interchangeably.
Perileos
In Greek mythology, Perileos (; Ancient Greek: Περίλεως) or Perilaus (; Περίλᾱος) is a name that may refer to:
Dion
king of Laconia
Phyilonoe
In Greek mythology, there were two women known as Philonoe () or Phylonoe ():
Megapenthes
Figure in Greek mythology; son of Menelaus
Leanira
In Greek mythology, Leanira (), also known as Laodamia, was a Spartan princess who later became an Arcadian queen.
Iphthime
In Greek mythology, the name Iphthime () refers to:
Pedias
In Greek mythology, Pedias (Ancient Greek: Πεδιάς means 'flat, level') was the Lacedamonian daughter of Mynes. She married the autochthonous King Cranaus who reigned in Athens and bore him three daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis.