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There are three available and not entirely consistent lists of suitors, compiled by Pseudo-Apollodorus (31 suitors), Hesiod (12 suitors), and Hyginus (36 suitors), for a total of 45 distinct names. There are only fragments from Hesiod's poem, so his list would have contained more. Achilles ' absence from the lists is conspicuous, but Hesiod ...
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]
Helen. Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē[a]), also known as Helen of Troy, [2][3] Helen of Argos, or Helen of Sparta, [4] and in Latin as Helena, [5] was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world. She was believed to have been the daughter of Zeus and Leda or Nemesis, and the sister ...
Accounts differ over which of Leda's four children, two pairs of twins, were fathered by Zeus and which by Tyndareus. However, Helen is usually credited as Zeus' daughter, [32] and sometimes Nemesis is credited as her mother. [33] Helen had scores of suitors, and her father was unwilling to choose one for fear the others would retaliate violently.
This triggered the war because Helen was famous for her beauty throughout Achaea (ancient Greece), and had many suitors of extraordinary ability. Therefore, following Odysseus's advice, her father Tyndareus made all suitors promise to defend Helen's marriage to the man he chose for her. When Paris took her to Troy, Menelaus invoked this oath.
Apollo. Tyndareus. Original language. Ancient Greek. Genre. Tragedy. Setting. before the Palace of Argos. Orestes (Ancient Greek: Ὀρέστης, Orestēs) (408 BCE) is an Ancient Greek play by Euripides that follows the events of Orestes after he had murdered his mother.
In Greek mythology, the Achaean Leaders were those who led the expedition to Troy to retrieve the abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta.Most of the leaders were bound by the Oath of Tyndareus who made the Suitors of Helen swear that they would defend and protect the chosen husband of Helen against any wrong done against him in regard to his marriage.
In a rage, Helen's father Tyndareus presents her to the many suitors who seek her hand. Various men compete and she is married to Menelaus. The other suitors swear an oath to wage war against anyone who disrespects her husband's claim to her. Paris is, years later, sent to Sparta to draw out a peace treaty with Menelaus, which angers Agamemnon ...