Greek Mythology Notes

Tyro

hero
Τυρώ
love

Beautiful princess who fell in love with the river god Enipeus, only to be seduced by Poseidon disguised as the river.

The Myth

Poseidon impersonated a river to sleep with her — then wrapped them both in a wave so no one could see. Tyro loved the river god Enipeus and walked his banks daily. Poseidon took Enipeus's form and lay with her at the river mouth, raising a great arching wave to conceal them. She bore twin sons, Pelias and Neleus, and exposed them. Pelias became the king who sent Jason for the Golden Fleece; Neleus founded Pylos and fathered Nestor. Tyro later married her uncle Cretheus and bore Aeson, Jason's father. Homer has Odysseus meet her shade in the Underworld, where she tells her story. She connects nearly every major heroic lineage in Greek myth through her children.

Parents

Salmoneus

Children

Pelias, Neleus, Aeson

Symbols

riverwavetwins

Fun Fact

Tyro connects the lineages of Jason, Nestor, and Odysseus through her three sets of children.

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