Eurydice (daughter of Lacedaemon)

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Eurydice ( Greek  Εὐρυδίκη ) was in Greek mythology the daughter of the Spartan king Lacedaemon and his wife Sparte , the daughter of the Laconic king Eurotas . Eurydice's brother was named Amyklas and was the mythical founder of the city of Amyklai . Eurydice married Akrisios , king of Argos, and gave birth to a daughter, Danae . Eurydice is said to have donated a temple to the Argive Hera at Sparta .

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  1. Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 2, 2 and 3, 10, 3; Pausanias 3, 13, 8; Pherecydes at Scholia to Apollonios of Rhodes 4, 1091; Scholia of Homer , Iliad 14, 319.
  2. ^ Pausanias 3:13 , 8.