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Tyro was founded in 2003 by Peter Haig, Andrew Rothwell and Paul Wood as MoneySwitch Ltd. Tyro was the first new entrant into the Australian EFTPOS business since 1996. [1] It was the second company in Australia to be granted a Specialist Credit Card Institution (SCCI) licence [ 2 ] after GE Capital .
Tyro's father Salmoneus was the brother of Athamas and Sisyphus. She was married to her uncle Cretheus, [4] King of Iolcus but Tyro loved the river god Enipeus who refused her advances. One day, Poseidon filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union were born Pelias and Neleus, twin boys.
Tyro Payments, an Australian bank specialising in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Tyro Stakes, an American Thoroughbred horse race; Tyro (Final Fantasy), the main character in Final Fantasy Record Keeper; Theodore Tyro, a Christian saint
In Greek mythology, Tyro (Ancient Greek: Τυρώ) may refer to two distinct women: Tyro, a Phoenician queen as the wife of King Agenor who named after her the newly built city of Tyre . She became the mother of his sons: Cadmus , Phoenix , Syros , Cilix , and, a daughter, Europa .
Marcus Tullius Tiro (died 4 BC), a slave, later freedman, of Cicero who was frequently mentioned in Cicero's letters; Abram Onkgopotse Tiro (1945–1974), a South African student activist and black consciousness militant
[a] The same name is variously anglicized as Theodore Tiron, [6] Tiro, [1] [7] Tyron, [8] Tyro, [1] [9] and Teron. [10] Nilles argued that this epithet was a later mistake and that, rather than being a recruit, Theodore's name had originally referenced his service in the Cohors Tyronum .) [ 1 ] [ 11 ] The saint is also distinguished as Theodore ...
According to Egon Kühebacher [], the name Tyrol derives from a root word meaning terrain (i.e. area, ground or soil; compare Latin: terra and Old Irish: tir); first from the village of Tirol, and its castle; from which the County of Tyrol grew. [5]
Homer's Odyssey, calling her "Mycene of the fair crown" mentions her in passing, along with Tyro and Alcmene, as "women of old ... fair-tressed Achaean women". [3] Pausanias, citing the Megalai Ehoiai, says that Mycene was the daughter of Inachus and the wife of Arestor, without naming the mother. [4]