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

Then Tyndareus chose Menelaus, the brother of Agamemnon, and made him King of Sparta as well.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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

Castor and Polydeuces were sons of Zeus and Leda, brothers of Helen, and half-brothers of Clytemnestra, whose father was the mortal Tyndareus.

From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert

CLYTEMNESTRA, daughter of Tyndareus, sister of Helen; wife to Agamemnon.

From The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Murray, Gilbert

Both of them kept sending messages to Lacedaemon, to the house of wise Tyndareus, Oebalus' son, and they offered many bridal-gifts, for great was the girl's renown, brazen.... ....golden....

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