Tyndareus

Restored to kingship over Lacedaemon by Hercules.

Genealogy

Batia

Oebalus

Arene, Hippocoon, Icarius, Peirene

Leda

Castor, Clytaemnestra, Phylonoe, Timandra

Places
  1. Athens
  2. Sparta
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Hercules takes Sparta with Cepheus and sons and kills Hippocoon and sons
  2. Hercules reestablishes Tyndareus as ruler of Sparta
  3. Tyndareus rules Lacedaemon
  4. Orestes is tried for his mother’s murder in the Areopagus
  5. Odysseus suggests that Tyndareus require the suitors of Helen swear an oath to protect Helen’s marriage
  6. Tyndareus agrees to help Odysseus acquire Penelope as a bride
  7. Tyndareus makes the suitors of Helen swear an oath to protect Helen’s marriage
  8. Tyndareus chooses Menelaus as Helen’s bridegroom
  9. Tyndareus asks Icarius to give Penelope to Odysseus
  10. Tyndareus gives Menelaus the kingdom of Sparta
  11. Aesculapius raises Tyndareus from the dead
  12. Hippocoon and sons expel Icarius and Tyndareus from Sparta
  13. Leda has sex with Zeus and Tyndareus on the same night
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.3
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.3
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.4
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.5
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.6
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.7
  7. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.9
  8. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 11.2
  9. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.15
  10. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 2.16
  11. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 6.25
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.7
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.8
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.2
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.6
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.7
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 34.10
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 12.5
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.1
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.8
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 15.22
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 16.2
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 17.2
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 17.3
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 5.1
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