\b0 Son of \b \cf4 \ATXht11206 Leda\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and King \b \cf4 \ATXht12020 Tyndareus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of Sparta.
With his brother \b \cf4 \ATXht11629 Pollux\ATXht101 \b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 (the two of them were known as the Dioscuri) he took part in the expedition of the \b \cf4 \ATXht10134 Argonauts\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Since, unlike his brother, he was mortal, he persua
ded \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to let him reside on \b \cf4 \ATXht11507 Olympus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 on alternate days to Pollux.