Tyro is presented in the sources as the daughter of King Salmoneus of Elis and Alcidice (daughter of King Aleus of Arcadia). She was married to her uncle Cretheus, becoming Queen of Iolcus and mother by him of Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon. In a separate union, the sea-god Poseidon, disguised as the river god Enipeus, fathered the twins Pelias and Neleus by her; these twins were exposed on a mountain and rescued by a herdsman. In some variants Tyro later marries Sisyphus and is said in certain accounts to have killed children by him to avert a prophecy that they would kill her father Salmoneus. Her place in myth is primarily genealogical, linking generations that lead to Jason and the Argonauts.
Classical sources cited in the provided material do not supply a sustained physical description of Tyro beyond her status as an Elean princess and later Queen of Iolcus. Her depiction in later literary treatments (for example modern poetic reference by Ezra Pound) uses evocative bodily imagery to describe her encounter with a sea-god, but such modern allusion is interpretive and not a primary physical description from the ancient myths.
Tyro is depicted as a mortal human without supernatural powers. Her notable actions and roles are social and narrative rather than magical: she loves the river-god Enipeus (who rejects her), bears children by different fathers (Aeson, Pheres, Amythaon by Cretheus; Pelias and Neleus by Poseidon disguised as Enipeus; and in some accounts two children by Sisyphus), exposes the twins Pelias and Neleus who are subsequently rescued, and (in some versions) kills children by Sisyphus to prevent a prophecy. Her significance derives from these life events, which set in motion later heroic narratives and divine enmities (for example Hera's hatred of Pelias).
Weaknesses
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Wards
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Poseidon
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Aeson
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Pelias
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Neleus
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Sisyphus
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Enipeus
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Abarbarea
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