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"Tyro" is also an alternative spelling for "Tiro
Marcus Tullius Tiro

Marcus Tullius Tiro was first a slavery, then a freedman of Cicero.The date of Tiro's birth is uncertain. From Jerome it can be dated to 103 BC, which would make him only a little younger than Cicero....
", and can also mean a novice or beginner, from the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 tiro "a young soldier, a recruit".


In Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, Tyro was the daughter of Salmoneus
Salmoneus

In Greek mythology, Salmoneus was the son of Aeolus and Enarete, the brother of Athamas, Sisyphus and the father of Tyro. Salmoneus became King of Elis and founded the city of Salmaneo....
 and mother of Pelias
Pelias

Pelias was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology, the son of Tyro, daughter of Aleus, and of either Poseidon or Cretheus. His wife is recorded as either Anaxibia, daughter of Bias , or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion....
 and Neleus
Neleus

Neleus was the son of Poseidon and Tyro, brother of Pelias. Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances....
. Her father, Salmoneus, was the brother of Athamus and Sisyphus
Sisyphus

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus , was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again, and to repeat this throughout eternity....
. Tyro was married to Cretheus
Cretheus

In Greek mythology, Cretheus, or Kretheus was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus and Enarete. His wives were Sidero, Tyro and either Demodice or Biadice....
 (with whom she had one son, Aeson
Aeson

In Greek mythology, Aeson or Aison was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, who also had his brothers Pheres and Amythaon. Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Polymede, the daughter of Autolycus....
) but loved Enipeus
Enipeus

In Greek mythology, Enipeus was a river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys . Enipeus was loved by a mortal woman named Tyro, who was married to a mortal man named Cretheus....
, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances.






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"Tyro" is also an alternative spelling for "Tiro
Marcus Tullius Tiro

Marcus Tullius Tiro was first a slavery, then a freedman of Cicero.The date of Tiro's birth is uncertain. From Jerome it can be dated to 103 BC, which would make him only a little younger than Cicero....
", and can also mean a novice or beginner, from the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 tiro "a young soldier, a recruit".


In Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, Tyro was the daughter of Salmoneus
Salmoneus

In Greek mythology, Salmoneus was the son of Aeolus and Enarete, the brother of Athamas, Sisyphus and the father of Tyro. Salmoneus became King of Elis and founded the city of Salmaneo....
 and mother of Pelias
Pelias

Pelias was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology, the son of Tyro, daughter of Aleus, and of either Poseidon or Cretheus. His wife is recorded as either Anaxibia, daughter of Bias , or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion....
 and Neleus
Neleus

Neleus was the son of Poseidon and Tyro, brother of Pelias. Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances....
. Her father, Salmoneus, was the brother of Athamus and Sisyphus
Sisyphus

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus , was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again, and to repeat this throughout eternity....
. Tyro was married to Cretheus
Cretheus

In Greek mythology, Cretheus, or Kretheus was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus and Enarete. His wives were Sidero, Tyro and either Demodice or Biadice....
 (with whom she had one son, Aeson
Aeson

In Greek mythology, Aeson or Aison was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, who also had his brothers Pheres and Amythaon. Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Polymede, the daughter of Autolycus....
) but loved Enipeus
Enipeus

In Greek mythology, Enipeus was a river god, son of Oceanus and Tethys . Enipeus was loved by a mortal woman named Tyro, who was married to a mortal man named Cretheus....
, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances. One day, Poseidon
Poseidon

In Greek mythology, Poseidon was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The name of the god Nethuns in Etruscan mythology was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon....
, filled with lust for Tyro, disguised himself as Enipeus and from their union was born Pelias
Pelias

Pelias was king of Iolcus in Greek mythology, the son of Tyro, daughter of Aleus, and of either Poseidon or Cretheus. His wife is recorded as either Anaxibia, daughter of Bias , or Phylomache, daughter of Amphion....
 and Neleus
Neleus

Neleus was the son of Poseidon and Tyro, brother of Pelias. Tyro was married to Cretheus but loved Enipeus, a river god. She pursued Enipeus, who refused her advances....
, twin boys. Tyro exposed her sons on a mountain and they were raised by a maid. When they reached adulthood, Pelias and Neleus found Tyro and killed their stepmother, Sidero
Sidero

In Greek mythology, Sidero was the second wife of Salmoneus and stepmother of the twins Pelias and Neleus. She mistreated the twins' mother Tyro horribly, incurring their wrath when they reached adulthood....
, for having mistreated their biological mother. Sidero hid in a temple to Hera
Hera

In the Twelve Olympians of classical Greek Mythology, Hera or Here was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage....
 but Pelias killed her anyway, causing Hera's undying hatred of Pelias - and glorious patronage of Jason
Jason

Jason was a late ancient Greece Greek mythology figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus....
 and the Argonauts
Argonauts

In Greek mythology, the Argonauts were a band of heroes who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece....
 in their long quest for the Golden Fleece
Golden Fleece

In Greek mythology, the Golden Fleece is the fleece of the winged ram Chrysomallos . It figures in the tale of Jason and his band of Argonauts, who set out on a quest for the fleece in order to place Jason rightfully on the throne of Iolcus in Thessaly....
. Pelias' half brother, the son of Tyro and Cretheus
Cretheus

In Greek mythology, Cretheus, or Kretheus was the king and founder of Iolcus, the son of Aeolus and Enarete. His wives were Sidero, Tyro and either Demodice or Biadice....
, was the father of Jason
Jason

Jason was a late ancient Greece Greek mythology figure, famous as the leader of the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. He was the son of Aeson, the rightful king of Iolcus....
. Soon after, Tyro married Sisyphus and had two children. It was said that their children would kill Salmoneus, so Tyro killed them in order to save her father.