Leda and the Swan
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leda-and-the-swan-169-1101930
title:
Leda and the Swan
text:
Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces or rapes Leda, a Spartan queen. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta. According to many versions of the story, Zeus took the form of a swan and raped Leda on the same night she slept with her husband King Tyndareus. In
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Theme from Greek mythology
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_and_the_Swan
date created:
2002-02-21T22:37:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T05:27:05Z
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