\b0 City in the Peloponnesus, called Lacedaemon by the Greeks and linked chiefly to the myth of the beautiful \b \cf4 \ATXht10808 Helen\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . It was here that she was born daughter of \b \cf4 \ATXht11206 Leda\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and then ran away with \b \cf4 \ATXht11606 Paris\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , starting the Trojan war. The city venerated \b \cf4 \ATXht13 Artemis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht6 Athena\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , as well as the local heroes \b \cf4 \ATXht10308 Castor\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht11629 Pollux\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , known as the Dioscuri.