Tyndareus

[tin-dair-ee-uhs]

noun

Classical Mythology.

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

Tyndareus

/ tɪnˈdærɪəs /

noun

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

Example Sentences

On the other hand, they were also called “sons of Tyndareus,” the Tyndaridae.

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When her suitors assembled in her home to make a formal proposal for her hand they were so many and from such powerful families that her reputed father, King Tyndareus, her mother’s husband, was afraid to select one among them, fearing that the others would unite against him.

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

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Leda was the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta, and the usual story is that she bore two mortal children to him, Castor and Clytemnestra, Agamemnon’s wife; and to Zeus, who visited her in the form of a swan, two others who were immortal, Pollux and Helen, the heroine of Troy.

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Erotic works of classical mythology were popular in first-century Pompeii, Mr. Osanna said, including the Greek myth of Leda, the Spartan queen and wife of Tyndareus.

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