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 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 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. == In popular culture==