Cleocharia
{{Short description|Queen of Laconia in Greek mythology}}
{{Greek myth (nymph)}}
In Greek mythology, Cleocharia ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|l|iː|oʊ-|ˈ|k|ɛər|i|ə}};{{refn|{{cite book |editor1-last=Bolles |editor1-first=William |date=1845 |title=An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language |url={{Google books|2qkVAAAAYAAJ|page=859|plainurl=yes|keywords=Cleocharia}} |location=New London |publisher=Bolles & Williams |page=859 }}}} Ancient Greek: Κλεοχαρείας Kleokhareia) 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.Apollodorus, 3.10.3 The city was called either Lacedaemon or Sparta interchangeably.
In some accounts, Lelex's two children were Myles and Polycaon possibly by Cleocharia. In this account, Myles was the father of Eurotas instead.Pausanias, 3.1.1, 3.20.2, 4.1.1 & 4.1.5
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References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website]
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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Category:Mythological Laconians
Category:Queens in Greek mythology
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