How do you use Tyndareus in a sentence? See 8 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Tyndareus in a sentence
Using Tyndareus
- In the example corpus, tyndareus often appears in combinations such as: of tyndareus.
Context around Tyndareus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tyndareus
- In this selection, "tyndareus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recalled, succeeded, king, meneleaus, set and readily stand out and add context to how "tyndareus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include daughter of tyndareus has somehow and death of tyndareus meneleaus became. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tyndareus" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tyndareus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After the death of Tyndareus, Meneleaus became king of Sparta. (10 words)
Accounts differ over which of Leda's four children, two pairs of twins, were fathered by Zeus and which by Tyndareus. (21 words)
Menelaus succeeded Tyndareus in Sparta, while Agamemnon, with his brother's assistance, drove out Aegisthus and Thyestes to recover his father's kingdom. (23 words)
The legend has it that he became involved with Achaean Sparta when the family of king Tyndareus was unseated and driven into exile by Hippocoön and his family, who in the process happened to kill the son of a friend of Heracles. (42 words)
In the W. B. Yeats version, it is subtly suggested that Clytemnestra, although being the daughter of Tyndareus, has somehow been traumatized by what the swan has done to her mother (see below). (33 words)
Tyndareus readily agreed, and Odysseus proposed that, before the decision was made, all the suitors should swear a most solemn oath to defend the chosen husband in any quarrel. (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
Accounts differ over which of Leda's four children, two pairs of twins, were fathered by Zeus and which by Tyndareus.
After the death of Tyndareus, Meneleaus became king of Sparta.
He recalled Tyndareus, set him up as a guardian regent, and instructed him to turn the kingdom over to any descendants of his that should claim it.
In the W. B. Yeats version, it is subtly suggested that Clytemnestra, although being the daughter of Tyndareus, has somehow been traumatized by what the swan has done to her mother (see below).
Menelaus succeeded Tyndareus in Sparta, while Agamemnon, with his brother's assistance, drove out Aegisthus and Thyestes to recover his father's kingdom.
The legend has it that he became involved with Achaean Sparta when the family of king Tyndareus was unseated and driven into exile by Hippocoön and his family, who in the process happened to kill the son of a friend of Heracles.
Tyndareus readily agreed, and Odysseus proposed that, before the decision was made, all the suitors should swear a most solemn oath to defend the chosen husband in any quarrel.
Tyndareus would accept none of the gifts, nor would he send any of the suitors away for fear of offending them and giving grounds for a quarrel.
Common combinations with tyndareus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of tyndareus 2×