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"....Philoctetes sought her, a leader of spearmen,..., most famous of all men at shooting from afar and with the sharp spear. And he came to Tyndareus' bright city for the sake of the Argive maid who had the beauty of golden Aphrodite, and the sparkling eyes of the Graces; and the dark-faced daughter of Ocean, very lovely of form, bare her when she had shared the embraces of Zeus and the king Tyndareus in the bright palace ......

(And....sought her to wife offering as gifts)...and as many woman skilled in blameless arts, each holding a golden bowl in her hands. And truly Castor and strong Polydeuces would have made him their brother perforce, but Agamemnon, being son-in-law to Tyndareus, wooed her for his brother Menelaus.

And the two sons of Amphiaraus the lord, Oecleus' son, sought her to wife from Argos very near at hand; yet...fear of the blessed gods and the indignation of men caused them also to fail.

but there was no deceitful dealing in the sons of Tyndareus. 193 o