In Greek mythology , Tyro ( Ancient Greek : Τυρώ ) was an Elean princess who later became Queen of Iolcus .
19-505: Tyro was the daughter of King Salmoneus of Elis and Alcidice. She married her uncle, King Cretheus of Iolcus , and had three sons with him, and also bore twin sons with Poseidon . Aeson, one of Tyro's son with Cretheus, was the father of Jason , a central figure in the Argonauts' quest for the Golden Fleece . Tyro later married her paternal uncle, Sisyphus, and had two more children. Fearing
38-481: A daughter named Phalanna who gave her name to city of Phalanna in Thessaly. Tyro's father Salmoneus was the brother of Athamas and Sisyphus . She was married to her uncle Cretheus , King of Iolcus but Tyro loved the river god Enipeus who refused her advances. One day, Poseidon filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union were born Pelias and Neleus, twin boys. Tyro exposed her sons on
57-400: A mountain to die, but they were found by a herdsman who raised them as his own. When the twins reached adulthood, they found Tyro and killed her stepmother, Sidero , for having mistreated their mother (Salmoneus married Sidero when Alcidice died). Sidero hid at the temple of Hera but Pelias killed her anyway, causing Hera's undying hatred of Pelias – and her glorious patronage of Jason and
76-506: A prophecy that her children would kill her father, Tyro killed them. In popular culture, Ezra Pound references Tyro in his work, The Cantos. Tyro was the daughter of King Salmoneus of Elis and Alcidice , daughter of King Aleus of Arcadia . She married her uncle King Cretheus of Iolcus but loved the river-god Enipeus . Tyro gave birth to Pelias and Neleus , the twin sons of Poseidon . With Cretheus, she had three sons, Aeson , Pheres and Amythaon . In some accounts, Tyro had
95-783: A river while helping Hera , in the form of an old woman, cross. When Jason entered Iolcus, he was announced as a man wearing one sandal. Suspicious, Pelias asked him what he (Jason) would do if confronted with the man who would be his downfall. Jason responded that he would send that man after the Golden Fleece . Pelias took that advice and sent Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece. During Jason's absence, Pelias intended to kill Aeson. However, Aeson committed suicide by drinking bull's blood . His wife killed herself as well, and Pelias murdered their infant son Promachus . Alternatively, he survived until Jason and his new wife, Medea , came back to Iolcus. She slit Aeson's throat, then put his corpse in
114-527: The Argonauts in their long quest for the Golden Fleece . Pelias' half brother Aeson, the son of Tyro and Cretheus, was the father of Jason. Soon after, Tyro married Sisyphus, her paternal uncle and had two children. It was said that their children would kill Salmoneus, so Tyro killed them in order to save her father. Ezra Pound refers to Tyro in The Cantos . In Canto 2 he takes up her rape by Poseidon: "And by
133-458: The 2011 local government reform it is part of Volos , of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in central Magnesia, north of the Pagasitic Gulf . Its land area is 1.981 km . The municipal unit is divided into three communities, Agios Onoufrios (pop. 433), Anakasia (pop. 888) and Ano Volos (pop. 687), with a total population of 2,008 (2021 census). The seat of the former municipality
152-495: The altar the crystal funnel of air out of Erebus, the delivered, Tyro, Alcmene, free now, ascending [...] no shades more (Canto 90) Iolcus Iolcus ( / aɪ ˈ ɒ l k ə s / ; also rendered Iolkos / aɪ ˈ ɒ l k ɒ s / ; Ancient Greek : Ἰωλκός and Ἰαωλκός; Doric Greek : Ἰαλκός ; Greek : Ιωλκός ) is an ancient city , a modern village and a former municipality in Magnesia , Thessaly, Greece. Since
171-404: The beach-run, Tyro, Twisted arms of the sea-god, Lithe sinews of water, gripping her, cross-hold, And the blue-gray glass of the wave tents them, Glare azure of water, cold-welter, close cover." In a later Canto (74) Pound connects her to Alcmene , imprisoned in the world of the dead, but in a later paradisal vision he sees her "ascending": thick smoke, purple, rising bright flame now on
190-602: The coast and the city itself. Ancient Iolcus' location is at the Volos Kastro, located at 39°21′59″N 22°58′08″E / 39.366305°N 22.96886°E / 39.366305; 22.96886 . [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Smith, William , ed. (1854–1857). "Iolcus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London: John Murray. Aeson In Greek mythology , Aeson ( / ˈ iː s ɒ n / ; Ancient Greek : Αἴσων Aísōn )
209-503: The eastern seaboard of the Black Sea and to reclaim and bring back the Golden Fleece. Along with the Golden Fleece, Jason brought a wife, the sorceress Medea —king Aeetes ' daughter, granddaughter of Helios , niece of Circe , princess of Aea, and later queen of Iolcus, Corinth and Aea, and also murderer of her brother Absyrtus , and her two sons from Jason. She is a tragic figure whose trials and tribulations were artfully dramatized in
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#1732848840741228-575: The much-staged play by Euripides , Medea . Iolcus is mentioned by Homer , in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad , and later in the Odyssey ; he gives it the epithets of ἐϋκτιμένη ("well built") and εὐρύχορος ("with broad places", "spacious"). The Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus says the city was founded by Cretheus , and to have been colonised by Minyans from Orchomenos . In antiquity, Iolcus
247-417: The sea god Poseidon , he had two half-brothers, Neleus and Pelias . Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Alcimede , daughter of Phylacus and Clymene . Other sources say the mother of his children was (1) Polymede or Polymele , or Polypheme a daughter of Autolycus , (2) Amphinome , (3) Theognete , daughter of Laodicus , (4) Rhoeo or (5) Arne or (6) Scarphe . Pelias
266-511: Was a king of Iolcus in Thessaly . He was the father of the hero Jason . According to one version of the story, he was imprisoned by his half-brother Pelias , and when Pelias intended to kill him he committed suicide. In another story, he was killed by Jason's wife Medea , who brought him back to life as a young man. Aeson was the son of Cretheus and Tyro . He had two brothers Pheres and Amythaon . Through his mother Tyro who consorted with
285-439: Was finally ruined by Demetrius Poliorcetes ' foundation of Demetrias in 294 BCE, when the inhabitants of Iolcus and of other adjoining towns were removed to that place. It seems to have been no longer in existence in the time of Strabo , since he speaks of the place where Iolcus stood. Strabo states that a festal assembly was held there in honor of Pelias . The position of Iolcus is indicated by Strabo, who says that it
304-524: Was on the road from Boebe to Demetrias, and at the distance of 7 stadia from the latter. In another passage he says that Iolcus is situated above the sea at the distance of 7 stadia from Demetrias. Pindar places Iolcus is at the foot of Mount Pelion , consequently a little inland. It might indeed appear, from Livy , that Iolcus was situated upon the coast; but in this passage, as well as in Strabo, The name of Iolcus seems to have been given to this part of
323-550: Was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly . To this end, he banished Neleus and Pheres and locked Aeson in the dungeons in Iolcus . Aeson sent Jason to Chiron to be educated while Pelias, afraid that he would be overthrown, was warned by an oracle to beware of a man wearing one sandal. Many years later, Pelias was holding the Olympics in honor of Poseidon when Jason, rushing to Iolcus, lost one of his sandals in
342-513: Was situated in Magnesia , ancient Thessaly , and was a polis (city-state). It is rarely mentioned in historical times. It was given by the Thessalians to Hippias , upon his expulsion from Athens in 511/510 BCE, but he rejected it. It is also quoted in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax as a city belonging to Magnesia . The town afterward suffered from the disputes of its inhabitants, but it
361-455: Was the village of Ano Volos. According to ancient Greek mythology, Aeson was the rightful king of Iolcus, but his half-brother Pelias usurped the throne. It was Pelias who sent Aeson's son Jason and his Argonauts to look for the Golden Fleece . The ship Argo set sail from Iolcus with a crew of fifty demigods and princes under Jason's leadership. Their mission was to reach Colchis in Aea at
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