Митът за Тиро (Τυρώ; Apollod. 1.9.8) и някои негови реалии в Древна Тракия
The Mythological Story of Tyro and Some its Realia in Ancient Thrace (Τυρώ; apollod. 1.9,8)

Summary/Abstract: Salmoneus, the son of Aeolus, had a daughter named Tyro. She is the issue from the marriage to his first wife, Alcidice. Once the mother died, and the father suffered a punishment by Zeus – he was punished with a lightning because of his pride, Tyro’s oncle Cretheus raised her and she subsequently married him. Before that, however, and against her will, Tyro gave birth to the twins Pelias and Neleus; their father was Poseidon, “God of the Sea”. Pelias was to become king of Iolcus. As for Neleus, he drove away the Leleges from Messenia, and has been even considered as the founder of Pylos.Sophocles keenly employed the mythological plot of Tyro in the dramas that he dedicated to her (fragments have been preserved). Apart from the literary analysis and through the scientific studies of nowadays, we link etymologically the name of Tyro to the early religious practices in Hellas and to some widely used namings and terms in the Ancient Greek language. These terms can also be used in a broader context, as they may strongly relate to the history and the culture of Ancient Thrace.

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