Eurotas

In Greek mythology, Eurotas (Greek: Εὐρώτας) was a king of Laconia, the son of Myles and grandson of Lelex, eponymous ancestor of the Leleges, the pre-Greek people residing, in the myth, in the Eurotas Valley. He had no male heir, but he did have a daughter, Sparta. Eurotas bequeathed the kingdom to her husband, Lacedaemon, the son of Taygete, after whom Mount Taygetus is named, and Zeus, according to Pausanias. Lacedaemon renamed the state after his wife. "The city is called Sparta to this day."