In Greek mythology, Timandra ( Ancient Greek: Τιμάνδρα) was a Spartan princess and later on, queen of Arcadia.
Timandra was one of the daughters of King Tyndareus [1] and Leda, [2] daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron, Aetolia. Thus, she was the sister of the twins Castor and Pollux, Helen, Clytemnestra, Phoebe and Philonoe.
Timandra married Echemus, the king of Arcadia and bore him a son Ladocus. [3] By Phyleus, son of King Augeas of Elis, she was one of the possible mothers of Meges [4], an Achaean Leader during the Trojan War.
Like Clytemnestra, she was also unfaithful and deserted Echemus for Phyleus, the king of Dulichium.
This can be explained by the following account with Stesichorus and Hesiod as the authorities:
In Greek mythology, Timandra ( Ancient Greek: Τιμάνδρα) was a Spartan princess and later on, queen of Arcadia.
Timandra was one of the daughters of King Tyndareus [1] and Leda, [2] daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron, Aetolia. Thus, she was the sister of the twins Castor and Pollux, Helen, Clytemnestra, Phoebe and Philonoe.
Timandra married Echemus, the king of Arcadia and bore him a son Ladocus. [3] By Phyleus, son of King Augeas of Elis, she was one of the possible mothers of Meges [4], an Achaean Leader during the Trojan War.
Like Clytemnestra, she was also unfaithful and deserted Echemus for Phyleus, the king of Dulichium.
This can be explained by the following account with Stesichorus and Hesiod as the authorities: