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In Greek mythology, Tyndareus (/ t ɪ n ˈ d ɛ r i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τυνδάρεος, Tundáreos; Attic: Τυνδάρεως, Tundáreōs; [tyndáreɔːs]) was a Spartan king.
Jul 26, 2015 · Tyndareus was a king of Sparta in Greek mythology, son of Oebalus and Gorgophone. He was the husband of Leda, with whom he had a number of children, including Castor, Clytemnestra, Timandra, Phoebe and Philonoe.
Tyndareus was the husband of Leda and the father of Castor, Clytemnestra, and Helen. He faced a dilemma when choosing a suitor for Helen, and devised the Oath of Tyndareus, which bound the suitors to protect her husband.
Tyndareus. The son of Perieres and Gorgophone, and a brother of Aphareus, Leucippus, Icarius, and Arete 1 or according to others, 2 a son of Oebalus, by the nymph Batea or by Gorgophone. 3 Tyndareus, with Icarion, being expelled by his step-brother Hippocoon and his sons, fled to Thestius in Aetolia, and assisted him in his wars against his ...
King Tyndareus of Sparta is remembered mainly for being the temporal father of Helen, and for having forced her SUITORS to swear the fateful "Oath of Tyndareus", a curse allowing the many kingdoms of Hellas to form a coalition and sail against Troy to demand, by persuasion or by force, the restoration of Helen, whom the seducer Paris had ...
Tyndareos (or Latin Tyndareus) was a character in Greek mythology. He was the king of Sparta, and husband of Leda. He was the father of Klytaimnestra and Kastor. His wife Leda also had Helen and Polydeukes by the god Zeus. Menelaos, husband of Helen, became the next king of Sparta after Tyndareos.
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Tyndareus （ Τυνδάρεως ), the son of Perieres and Gorgophone, and a brother of Aphareus, Leucippus, Icarius, and Arete ( Apollod. 1.9.5 ) or according to others ( Apollod. 3.10.4 ), a son of Oebalus, by the nymph Bateia or by Gorgophone.
