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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. [5]
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]
Etruscan earth goddess, probably identified with Ge, as she had a giant for a son. Her name occurs in the expression ati Cel, "Mother Cel." [11] Crapsti: Jupiter-like deity in Liber Linteus, the name seems to be from an Umbrian local deity Grabouie. [15] Culsans, Culsu: Two-faced god of doors and doorways, corresponding to the two-faced Roman ...
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]
In most sources, including the Iliad and the Odyssey, Helen is the daughter of Zeus and of Leda, the wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus. [27] 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 ...
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There are many variations to the myth of Leda and the swan. Leda is sometimes called Nemesis and other times they are two separate people. [9] Leda was married to the king of Sparta, Tyndareus. [10] She is the mother of several children though she is most known for giving birth to Clytemnestra, Helen, Pollux, and Castor. [11]
The beautiful princess Leda is seduced by Zeus who transformed himself to a magnificent swan. On the same night, Leda would also sleep with her husband, King Tyndareus of Sparta. The result is a pair of twins, the beautiful Helen and the immortal Pollux as children of Zeus, Clytemnestra and the mortal Castor as offspring of Tyndareus. While ...