Tyro
heroBeautiful 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.
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Aeson
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Neleus
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Pelias
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Nestor
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