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== Family == Tyro was the daughter of King [[Salmoneus]] of [[Ancient Elis|Elis]] and [[Alcidice]], daughter of King [[Aleus]] of [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]]. She married her uncle King [[Cretheus]] of Iolcus but loved the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river-god]] [[Enipeus (deity)|Enipeus]]. Tyro gave birth to [[Pelias]] and [[Neleus]], the twin sons of [[Poseidon]]. With Cretheus, she had three sons, [[Aeson]], [[Pheres]] and [[Amythaon]].<ref name="odyssey-xi">{{Cite book |author=Homer |author-link=Homer |translator=Samuel Butler |title=The Odyssey |chapter-url=http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/dyssy10.txt |access-date=2009-04-18 |edition=10th |date=2009-01-16 |orig-year=c 800 BCE |publisher=Project Gutenberg |id=EBook #1727 |chapter=Book XI: The visit to the dead. 235–260 |ref=odyssey-butler|title-link=The Odyssey }}</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.2 4.68.2]–[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#68.3 3]; [[Tzetzes]] ad [[Lycophron]], [https://topostext.org/work/860#175 175]</ref>{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} In some accounts, Tyro had a daughter named [[Phalanna (mythology)|Phalanna]] who gave her name to city of Phalanna in Thessaly.<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s.v. ''[https://topostext.org/work/241#Ph655.17 Phalanna (Φάλαννα)]''</ref> {{chart top|Tyro's family tree|collapsed=no}} {{chart/start|align=center}} {{chart| | | | Alc |~|y|~| Sal | | | | | | | | Alc=Alcidice|Sal=Salmoneus}} {{chart| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | }} {{chart| | | Cre |y| Tyr |~|~|~|~|~|~|y| Pos | Cre=Cretheus|Tyr=Tyro|Pos=Poseidon|boxstyle_ Tyr=background-color: #bfc;}} {{chart| |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.| | | |,|-|^|-|.| | }} {{chart| Aes | | Phe | | Amy | | Pel | | Nel | Aes=Aeson|Phe=Pheres|Amy=Amythaon|Pel=Pelias|Nel=Neleus}} {{chart/end}} {{chart bottom}}
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