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Tyndareus
King of Sparta
Legendary King of Sparta
PredecessorHippocoon
SuccessorMenelaus
BornGreece
DiedGreece
BuriedTherapne, Sparta
WifeLeda
IssueCastor
Clytemnestra
Timandra
Phoebe
Philonoe
Helen of Troy[1] (stepdaughter)
Pollux (stepson)
FatherOebalus or Perieres
MotherGorgophone

In Greek mythology, Tyndareus (/tɪnˈdɛriəs/; Ancient Greek: Τυνδάρεος, Tundáreos; Attic: Τυνδάρεως, Tundáreōs; [tyndáreɔːs]) was a Spartan king.

  1. ^ Virgil, Aeneid. Book VI. For an English translation see the Perseus Project.

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satisfactory manner if Tyndareus would support him in his courting of Tyndareus's niece Penelope, the daughter of Icarius. Tyndareus readily agreed, and...

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quite descriptive "famous plotter". Clytemnestra was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the King and Queen of Sparta, making her a Spartan Princess...

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Helen of Troy

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in the hands of Tyndareus. Menelaus, her future husband, did not attend but sent his brother, Agamemnon, to represent him. Tyndareus was afraid to select...

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Suitors of Helen

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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...

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husband Tyndareus and with the god Zeus, the latter in the guise of a swan. Nine months later, she bears two daughters: Clytemnestra by Tyndareus and Helen...

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Twins in mythology

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twin births across different mythological cultures. Castor's father is Tyndareus, the king of Sparta (hence the mortal form). Pollux is the son of Zeus...

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brother Menelaus took refuge with Tyndareus, King of Sparta. In Sparta, Agamemnon and Menelaus respectively married Tyndareus' daughters Clytemnestra and Helen...

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Nemesis

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as the mother of Helen of Troy by Zeus, adopted and raised by Leda and Tyndareus. According to the Byzantine poet Tzetzes, Bacchylides had Nemesis as the...

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Aegisthus

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jointly, exiling Atreus's sons Agamemnon and Menelaus to Sparta, where King Tyndareus gave the pair his daughters, Clytemnestra and Helen, to take as wives...

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Heracles

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who had regaled Heracles with his hospitality, or restoring his friend Tyndareus to the throne of Sparta after he was overthrown) and being a terrible...

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List of Greek mythological figures

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famous archer, fought at the Trojan War Phylonoe (Φυλονόη), daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, made immortal by Artemis Psyche (Ψυχή), goddess of the soul...

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Trojan War

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solve the dilemma. In exchange for Tyndareus' support of his own suit towards Penelope, he suggested that Tyndareus require all of Helen's suitors to promise...

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Aphrodite

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his life, he fled to Italy. According to Stesichorus and Hesiod while Tyndareus sacrificing to the gods he forgot Aphrodite, therefore the goddess made...

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Icarius of Sparta

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Gorgophone or of Oebalus and Bateia and thus brother of Hippocoon and Tyndareus. By Periboea, he became the father of Penelope, Perileos, Thoas, Damasippus...

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Perseus

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Lysinomus, Archelaus, Chirimachus, Licymnius – Aphareus, Leucippus, Tyndareus, Icarius – Third Generation Descendant – Melas, Argius, Oeonus, Iphicles...

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Oebalus

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daughter of Tyndareus was called "... a nymph of Oebalus' line ..." which means she was a descendant of the latter through his son Tyndareus. Valerius Flaccus...

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Leda and the Swan

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the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta. According to many versions of the story, Zeus took...

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List of demigods

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known as Helen of Troy: According to older sources, daughter of king Tyndareus and Leda, but Homer also calls her daughter of Zeus and Leda. Wife of...

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