InGreek mythology,Cleocharia (/ˌkliːoʊˈkɛəriə/;^[1]Ancient Greek: ΚλεοχαρείαςKleokhareia) was anaiad (water nymph) ofLaconia who became the queen-consort of KingLelex of Lelegia. She was the ancestor of theSpartan royal family and gave birth to Eurotas. Eurotas had a daughter namedSparta, who marriedLacedaemon.^[2] The city was called either Lacedaemon or Sparta interchangeably.

In some accounts, Lelex's two children wereMyles andPolycaon possibly by Cleocharia. In this account, Myles was the father of Eurotas instead.^[3]

• 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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.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.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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