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In Greek mythology, Tyndareus (/ t ɪ n ˈ d ɛ r i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τυνδάρεος, Tundáreos; Attic: Τυνδάρεως, Tundáreōs; [tyndáreɔːs]) was a Spartan king. Family [ edit ]
During the contest, Castor and Pollux had a prominent role in dealing with the suitors, although the final decision was in the hands of Tyndareus. [1] Her future husband Menelaus did not attend but sent his brother Agamemnon to represent him. [2] Menelaus was chosen because he had the most wealth and offered the most bride-gifts. [3]
Euripides' play Helen, written in the late 5th century BC, is the earliest source to report the most familiar account of Helen's birth: that, although her putative father was Tyndareus, she was actually Zeus' daughter. In the form of a swan, the king of gods was chased by an eagle, and sought refuge with Leda.
The story is that the fetters were put on her by [the mythical king] Tyndareus, who symbolized by the bonds the faithfulness of wives to their husbands. The other account, that Tyndareus punished the goddess with fetters because he thought that from Aphrodite had come the shame of his daughters, I will not admit for a moment.
Castor [a] and Pollux [b] (or Polydeuces) [c] are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. [d]Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. [2]
Timandra was one of the daughters of King Tyndareus [1] and Leda, [2] daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron, Aetolia. Thus, she was the sister of the twins Castor and Pollux, Helen, Clytemnestra, Phoebe and Philonoe. Timandra married Echemus, the king of Arcadia and bore him a son Ladocus. [3]
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Hippocoon was the son of the Spartan King Oebalus and Bateia.His brothers (or half-brothers) were Tyndareus and Icarius. [1] [2] Names of Hippocoön's sons include Dorycleus, Scaeus, Enarophorus, Euteiches, Bucolus, Lycaethus, Tebrus, Eurytus, Hippothous, Hippocorystes, Alcinous, [3] Alcimus, Dorceus, Sebrus, Eumedes, [4] Enaesimus, Alcon and Leucippus (the last three were among the Calydonian ...