person
Tyndareus
King of Sparta, mortal father of Helen and grandfather of Hermione, who pledged her to Orestes.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §8 Tyndareus
Spartan king and Hermione's grandfather, whose pledge gave her to Orestes.
- The Heroides §17 Tyndareus
Spartan king and Helen's mortal father, a glory of her house.
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.7 of Tyndareus
Tyndareus, father of Castor and Pollux (the Tyndaridae), proverbial loving brothers; paired with the Atreidae as a model of fraternal love.
- Metamorphoses §8.205 Tyndareus
Tyndareus, king of Sparta, the putative father of Castor and Pollux.