Timandra (mythology)


In Greek mythology, Timandra was a Spartan princess and later on, queen of Arcadia.

Family

Timandra was one of the daughters of King Tyndareus and Leda, daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron, Aetolia. Thus, she was the sister of the divine twins, Castor and Pollux, Helen, Clytemnestra, Phoebe and Philonoe. Timandra married Echemus, the king of Arcadia, and possibly with him had a son named Ladocus.

Mythology

Like Helen and 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: