Leda With The Swan: Copy of marble statue attributed
to Timotheos, from 360 B.C. 132 cm high.
Myth: Leda, the wife of Tyndareus,
King of Sparta, was a beautiful mortal woman who was coveted by Zeus. Enamored
with the woman, the Olympian God disguised himself as a gorgeous white swan,
and proceeded to rape and/or seduce Leda. Certain myths speak of how this was
the same night she lay with Tyndareus, and the result was two sets of twin
off-spring, each set hatched from a different egg; from Zeus, she birthed the
stunning Helen, who later played a role in the launching of the Trojan War
after being taken by Paris, and Pollox. From Tyndareus came Castor, who formed
a famous and deep relationship with Pollox, and Clytemnestra, the future wife
(and murderer) of Agamemnon.
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