In Greek mythology, Cleochareia was a Naiad, a river nymph. She was married to king Lelex, of Laconia. Her father was the river god Eurotas. She is the ancestress of the Spartan royal family. She gave birth to two children: Myles and Polycaon. Her son Myles had a son named Eurotas (presumebly named after his great grandfather). Eurotas had a daughter named Sparta, who married Lacedaemon. Lacedaemon named the city of Sparta after his wife; however, the city's name would also be his own, as it was called either Lacedaemon or Sparta interchangeably. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods and goddesses and ancient heroes and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Naiad refers to: Naiad, a moon of Neptune. ... For other uses of nymph see Nymph (disambiguation). ... In Greek mythology, Lelex was a King of Laconia (then named Lelegia). ... Laconia (Λακωνία), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnesus of which the most important city was Sparta. ... Eurotas is the name of a river in the region of the Peloponnesus in Greece. ... This article needs cleanup. ... In Greek mythology, Myles was a son of Lelex, king of Laconia. ... In Greek mythology, Polycaon was son of Lelex, king of Laconia, by the Naiad nymph, Cleochareia. ... Eurotas is the name of a river in the region of the Peloponnesus in Greece. ... Lacedaemon, or Lakedaimon, Grk. ... Sparta (Grk. ...