Laconia - Mythopedia Laconia was a region of the southeastern Peloponnese that bordered Arcadia and Messenia The area was mountainous, with the Parnon Mountains running south and the Taygetus Mountains to the west Valleys and plains, such as those found near the Eurotas River, provided natural resources and fertile land
Aeneas – Mythopedia Aeneas in Arcadia and Laconia In some accounts, Aeneas even settled in Greece, in the region of Arcadia Some said that he first came to Orchomenus and that he then founded the city of Capyae (or Caphyae), which was named after a Trojan named Capys In another tradition, Aeneas wound up in the Peloponnesian region of Laconia
Centaurs - Mythopedia Centaurs were hybrid creatures, human from the waist up but with the body and legs of a horse They lived an untamed and brutal existence in the forests and mountains of Greece, where they battled many famous Greek heroes
Hyacinthus – Mythopedia Hyacinthus was a beautiful Spartan prince who was loved by the god Apollo When Apollo accidentally killed his young lover with an errant discus throw, he turned his blood into the hyacinth flower
Naiads - Mythopedia The Naiad Cleocharia, for example, was the wife of Lelex, the first king of Laconia The Naiad Batia married Oebalus, another king of Laconia; she is sometimes said to have given birth to Hipocoon, Icarius, and Tyndareus (the latter of whom went on to father Helen of Troy , Clytemnestra , and the twins Castor and Polydeuces )
Daphne - Mythopedia Another version made Daphne the daughter not of a river but of Amyclas, a mortal ruler of Laconia Mythology The daughter of a Greek river god (or a king, in some accounts), Daphne was a beautiful nymph who loved to hunt She was very chaste and, in the fashion of virgin goddesses like Artemis, actively avoided the joys of love
Selene – Mythopedia Selene, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, was the personification of the moon and a goddess of the night The love of her life was the handsome Endymion, who became Selene’s eternally slumbering consort
Dionysus – Mythopedia Dionysus was the Greek god of wine, revelry, inspiration, and fertility His festivals famously featured intoxication and religious ecstasy
Heraclids - Mythopedia After the war was over, Temenus, Cresphontes, and the two sons of Aristodemus (Eurysthenes and Procles) drew lots to decide how to divide the Pelopponese Temenus won Argos and the Argolid; Cresphontes won the fertile region of Messenia; and Eurysthenes and Procles won Laconia, whose capital was Sparta
Eros – Mythopedia Eros was also worshipped at other sites, including Leuctra in Laconia, where he had a shrine with a sacred grove; Parium in northwestern Anatolia; and Elea in southern Italy, where excavations have uncovered a temple to Eros Festivals Eros was honored with festivals at several sites, including Thespiae and Athens