Tyro (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Tyro (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τυρώ) may refer to two distinct women:

• Tyro, a Phoenician queen as the wife of King Agenor who named after her the newly built city of Tyre. She became the mother of his sons: Cadmus, Phoenix, Syros, Cilix, and, a daughter, Europa.^{[1] [2]} In other accounts, the spouse of Agenor was variously given as Telephassa,^[3] Argiope,^[4] Antiope,^[5] and Damno.^[6]
• Tyro, mother of the twins, Neleus and Pelias, by Poseidon.^[7]

References

1. [John Malalas|Malalas]
2. Gomme . A. W. . 1913 . The Legend of Cadmus and the Logographoi . JHS . 70.
3. Apollodorus, 3.1.1
4. Hyginus, Fabulae 6 & 178; Gantz, p. 208; Pherecydes fr. 21 Fowler 2000, p. 289 = FGrHist 3 F 21 = Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1186
5. Scholiast ad Euripides, Phoenissae 5; Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.165–166
6. Gantz, p. 208; Pherecydes, fr. 21 Fowler (2001), p. 289 = FGrHist 3 F 21 = Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 3.1186
7. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]