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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] By Phyleus, son of King Augeas of Elis, she was one of the possible mothers of Meges, [4] an Achaean Leader during the Trojan War.
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]
She was the sister of Castor and Pollux, Helen, Clytemnestra, Timandra and Phoebe. Artemis made her immortal. [1] Philonoe, daughter of Iobates and first wife of Bellerophon by whom, she became the mother of Isander , [2] Hippolochus and Laodamia (Deidamia [3] or Hippodamia [4]).
Articles relating to Castor and Pollux, their cult, and their depictions.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 raped Leda in the guise of a swan.
She laid two eggs, each producing two children; Castor and Pollux, and Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. When Thyestes seized control in Mycenae, two exiled princes, Agamemnon and Menelaus came to Sparta, where they were received as guests and lived for a number of years. The princes eventually married Tyndareus' daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen ...
In Greek mythology, Menestheus (/ m ɪ ˈ n ɛ s θ iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μενεσθεύς) was a legendary king of Athens during the Trojan War.He was set up as king by the twins Castor and Pollux when Theseus travelled to the Underworld after abducting their sister, Helen, and exiled Theseus from the city after his return.
Castor and Pollux ; Draupadi and Dhrishtadyumna ; Dylan ail Don and Lleu Llaw Gyffes ; Erechtheus and Butes ; Eurysthenes and Procles ; Freyr and Freyja ; Glooscap and Malsumis (American Indian) Helen and Clytemnestra ; Heracles and Iphicles ; Iasus and Pelasgus ; Hunahpu and Xbalanque
He helped Idas to spot and kill Castor, and was in turn killed by Pollux, but first managed to wound Pollux with a thrown rock. [7] Idas and Lynceus murdered Castor because he and his brother Pollux had kidnapped and married Phoebe and Hilaeira , the daughters of Leucippus , who were betrothed to Lynceus and Idas [ 2 ] or possibly their relatives.
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