Greek Tragedy

Polydeuces

Family: Gods · Role: son of Tyndareus · First appears: Euripides, Electra — Scene 9

Euripides, Electra — Scene 9

  • siblings with Clytemnestra “Being come, have seen thy mother's bloody fall, Our sister's. Righteous is her doom this day, But not thy deed.”
  • younger kin: Orestes “Castor and Polydeuces, call to thee, God's Horsemen and thy mother's brethren twain.”
  • parent: Tyndareus “I also, sons of Tyndareus, My kinsmen; may my word be said?”
  • with Electra (Electra identifies Polydeuces as her kinsman, but the exact kinship is not stated in this passage.) “I also, sons of Tyndareus, My kinsmen; may my word be said?”
  • younger kin: Electra “I also, sons of Tyndareus, / My kinsmen; may my word be said?”
  • parent: Zeus “Is it for us, O Seed of Zeus, / To speak and hear your words again!”

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