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Tyndareus
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Tyndareus ( ; ; , ) was a Spartan king.
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- Tyndareus
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- King of Sparta
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- Dioskouroi Painter - RVAp 4-186 - Dioskouroi with Tyndareus and Leda - draped youths - London BM 1856-1226-19 - 07.jpg
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- Vase depicting the Dioskuri (either side) with Tyndareus (white beard) and Leda
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- Legendary King of Sparta
- Noble.predecessor
- Hippocoon
- Noble.successor
- Menelaus
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- Greece
- Noble.death_place
- Greece
- Noble.burial_place
- Therapne, Sparta
- Noble.spouse
- Leda
- Noble.spouse type
- Wife
- Noble.issue
- Castor ClytemnestraTimandra PhoebePhilonoe Helen of Troy (stepdaughter) Pollux (stepson)
- Noble.father
- Oebalus or Perieres
- Noble.mother
- Gorgophone
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- Odysseus advises king Tyndareus concerning Helen's suitors.jpg
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- Curse of the goddess
- Helen and the Trojan War
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In Greek mythology, Tyndareus ( ; ; , ) was a Spartan king.
== Family == Tyndareus was the son of Oebalus (or Perieres) and Gorgophone (or Bateia). He married the Aetolian princess, Leda, by whom he became the father of Castor, Clytemnestra, Timandra, Phoebe and Philonoe, and the stepfather of Helen of Troy and Pollux.
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