Tyndareus

Tyndăreus (trisyl.; but quadrisyl. Ov. H. 8, 31; 17, 250), ĕï (Tyndărus, i, Hyg. Fab. 77; 78; Lact. 1, 10, 11), m.,

• = Τυνδάρεος, a king of Sparta, son of Oebalus, and husband of Leda; he was the father of Castor and Pollux, and of Helen and Clytemnestra, Pac. ap. Non. 496, 31; Att. ap. Prisc. p. 1325 P.; Cic. Fat. 15, 34; Ov. H. 8, 31; 17, 250; Hyg. Fab. 77; 78.—Hence,
• • A Tyndărĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tyndareus, Tyndarian: fratres, i.e. Castor and Pollux, Val. Fl. 1, 570: puer, id. 1, 167 (al. Tyndareos as Gr. gen., v. Tyndareus).—In plur.: Tyndărĭi, ōrum, m., poet. for Spartans, Sil. 15, 320.—
  • B Tyn-dărĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Tyndareus, i.e. Castor or Pollux; most freq. in plur. for both, Tyndaridae, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352; id. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 2, 2, 6; Ov. F. 5, 700; id. M. 8, 301; Hor. C. 4, 8, 31. —Also for the children of Tyndareus, in gen.: (Clytaemnestra) fortissima Tyndaridarum, Hor. S. 1, 1, 100.—In sing., of Pollux, Val. Fl. 4, 247; 6, 212.—
  • C Tyndă-ris, ĭdis, f.
  • • 1 A female descendant of Tyndareus; of Helen, Lucr. 1, 464; 1, 473; Verg. A. 2, 601; 2, 569; Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 31; 3, 8 (4, 7), 30; Ov. A. A. 1, 746; id. M. 15, 233. Of Clytemnestra, Ov. Tr. 2, 396; id. A. A. 2, 408.—
    • 2 The name of a town on the northern coast of Sicily, near the modern Capo Tindaro, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; 2, 92, 94, § 206; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 128.—Hence,
    • • b Tyndărĭtāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tyndaris, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 65, § 156; id. Att. 15, 2, 4.—
    • 3 The name of a female friend of Horace, Hor. C. 1, 17, 10.

Tyndareus, eī, m. (Τυνδάρεος; Nbf. Tyndarus, ī, m., Lact. 1, 10, 11), Tyndareus, Sohn des Öbalus, König von Sparta, nach seiner Vertreibung aus Sparta Gemahl der Leda, Vater des Kastor und Pollux, der Helena u. Klytämnestra, Cic. de fato 34. Ov. her. 8, 31. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 601: Tyndarei gener, v. Agamemnon (dem Gemahle der Klytämnestra), Ov. Iv. 352. – Dav.: A) Tyndaridēs, ae, Akk. ēn, m. (Τυνδαρίδης), der Tyndaride (= der männliche Nachkomme des Tyndareus), v. Kastor u. Pollux, Tyndaridae, Cic., od. Tyndaridae gemini od. fratres, Ov. – fortissima Tyndaridarum, die wackerste aus dem Geschlechte der Tyndariden, die leibhaftige Klytämnestra (v. einer Libertina), Hor. sat. 1, 1, 100. – B) Tyndaris, idis od. idos, Akk. ida, f. (Τυνδαρίς), die Tyndaride (= Tochter des Tyndareus), Lacaena, Helena, Verg. Aen. 2, 601: u. so von der Helena, Verg. Aen. 2, 569 (Akk. -ida). Ov. art. am. 1, 746 (Vok. -i); her. 16 (17), 118 (Genet. -idis): v. der Klytämnestra, Ov. art. am. 2, 408; trist. 396 (Genet. -idos). – C) Tyndarius, a, um, tyndarisch, fratres, Kastor u. Pollux, Val. Flacc. 1, 57. – Plur., Tyndariī, ōrum, m., poet. = Spartaner, Sil. 15, 320.

Tyndărĕus, (14) ī, m. (Τυνδάρεος), Tyndare [époux de Léda, père de Castor et Pollux, dʼHélène et de Clytemnestre] : Cic. Fato 34 ; Ov. H. 8, 31.

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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. (Paus. 3.1.4.) Tyndareus, with Icarion, being expelled by his step-brother Hippocoon and his sons, he fled to Thestius in Aetolia, and assisted him in his wars against his neighbours. Others (Paus. l.c.) state that Icarion assisted Hippocoon, and, according to a Laconian tradition, Tyndareus went to Pellana in Laconia, and according to a Messenian tradition, he went to Aphareus in Messenia. (Paus. 3.1.4, 21.2.) In Aetolia he married Leda, the daughter of Thestius (Apollod. 3.10.5; Eur. IA 49), and afterwards he was restored to his kingdom of Sparta by Heracles. (Apollod. 2.7 § 3, 3.10.5; Paus. 2.18.6; Diod. 4.33.) By Leda, Tyndarens became the father of Timandra, Clytaemnestra and Philonoe. (Apollod. 3.10.6; Hom. Od. 24.199.) One night Leda was embraced both by Zeus and Tyndareus, and the result of this was the birth of Polydeuces and Helena, the children of Zeus, and of Castor and Clytaemnestra, the children of Tyndareus. (Hyg. Fab. 77; comp. Dioscuri; Helena; Clytaemnestra.) When Tyndareus saw that his beautiful daughter Helena was bleleaguered by suitors, he began to be afraid, lest if one should be successful, the others should create disturbances, and, on the advice of Odysseus, he put them all to their oath, to protect the suitor that should be preferred by Helena, against any wrong that might be done to him. (Paus. 3.20.9.) To reward Odysseus for this good advice, Tyndareus himself begged Icarius to give to Odysseus his daughter Penelope. (Apollod. 3.10.9.) Tyndareus was believed to have built the temple of Athena Chalcioecus at Sparta. (Paus. 3.17.3.) When Castor and Polydeuces had been received among the immortals, Tyndareus invited Menelans to come to Sparta, and surrendered his kingdom to him. (Apollod. 3.11.2.) His tomb was shown at Sparta as late as the time of Pausanias (3.17.4). [L.S]

Tyndareus Tyndareus, father of Helen

• Hdt. 2.112
• not the father of Helen: Paus. 1.33.7
• son of Perieres and Gorgophone: Apollod. 1.9.2
• son of Oebalus and Gorgophone: Paus. 3.1.4
• restored to Lacedaemon by Herakles: Apollod. 2.7.3
• son of Perieres or of Oebalus: Apollod. 3.10.3, Apollod. 3.10.4
• raised from the dead by Aesculapius: Apollod. 3.10.3
• expelled from Lacedaemon by Hippocoon: Apollod. 3.10.5
• flies to Thestius and marries Leda: Apollod. 3.10.5
• returns and succeeds to the kingdom: Apollod. 3.10.5
• his children: Apollod. 3.10.5
• father of Castor and Pollux: Paus. 5.8.4
• gives Clytaemnestra to Tantalus to wife: Paus. 2.18.2
• exacts an oath from Helen's suitors: Apollod. 3.10.8
• swears Helen's suitors on pieces of sacrificed horse: Paus. 3.20.9
• gives Helen to Menelaus: Apollod. 3.10.8
• his daughters brought to shame: Paus. 3.15.11
• puts fetters on image of Aphrodite: Paus. 3.15.11
• procures Penelope for Odysseus: Apollod. 3.10.8
• on the translation of the Dioscuri to the gods, he hands over the kingdom of Sparta to Menelaus: Apollod. 3.11.2, Apollod. E.2.15
• brings back Agamemnon and Menelaus from Aetolia: Apollod. E.2.15
• brings Orestes to trial at the Areopagus: Apollod. E.6.23
• does not accuse Orestes before Areopagus: Paus. 8.34.4
• begins sanctuary of Athena of the Brazen House: Paus. 3.17.2
• fights Eurytus: Paus. 3.18.11
• driven from Sparta by Hippocoon and his sons: Paus. 2.18.7, Paus. 3.1.4, Paus. 3.21.2
• flees to Pellana or Thalamae in Messenia: Paus. 3.1.4, Paus. 3.21.2
• restored by Herakles: Paus. 3.1.5
• his tomb: Paus. 3.17.4
• represented with his sons on pedestal of Nemesis at Rhamnus: Paus. 1.33.8

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