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Tyndareus was the son of Oebalus (or Perieres [2]) and Gorgophone [3] (or Bateia). He married the Aetolian princess, Leda , by whom he became the father of Castor , Clytemnestra , Timandra , [ 4 ] Phoebe and Philonoe , and the stepfather of Helen of Troy and Pollux .
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]
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He thus promised to solve the problem, if Tyndareus in turn would support him in his courting of Penelope, the daughter of Icarius. Tyndareus readily agreed, and Odysseus proposed that, before the decision was made, all the suitors should swear a most solemn oath to defend the chosen husband against whoever should quarrel with him.
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Leda and the Swan, 16th-century copy after the lost painting by Michelangelo. Leda was the daughter of the Aetolian King Thestius hence she was also called Thestias. [2] Her mother was possibly Leucippe, [3] Deidameia, daughter of Perieres, [4] Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea, [5] or Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron. [6]
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