Tyndareus

American  

[tin-dair-ee-uhs] / tɪnˈdɛər i əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.

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Tyndareus British  

/ tɪnˈdærɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a Spartan king; the husband of Leda

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Example Sentences

And I saw Leda, wife of Tyndareus, upon whom Tyndareus had sired twins indomitable: Kastor, tamer of horses, and Polydeukes, best in the boxing ring.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

"Do you propose to prevent me from taking my wife, the daughter of Tyndareus, to Sparta?"

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes

And in she came softly, with slow and stately step, Helen, the daughter of Tyndareus, and wife of Menelaus, fairest among all the high-born dames of Greece.

From Stories from the Odyssey by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)

Alexandrus next lands in Lacedaemon and is entertained by the sons of Tyndareus, and afterwards by Menelaus in Sparta, where in the course of a feast he gives gifts to Helen.

From Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Evelyn-White, Hugh G. (Hugh Gerard)