Zeus ja leda

leda och svanen da vinci 1 leda och svanen dali 2 leda och svanen 1949 3 leda målning 1949 4 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. 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. 5 In Greek mythology, Leda (/ ˈliːdə, ˈleɪ -/; Ancient Greek: Λήδα [lɛɛ́daː]) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. According to Ovid, she was famed for her beautiful black hair and snowy skin. [1] Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art of Leda and the Swan. Family. 6 Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. Some ancient writers thought she was the mother by Tyndareus of Clytemnestra, wife of King Agamemnon, and of Castor, one of the Heavenly Twins. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had. 7 July 12, Zeus appeared to Leda in the form of a swan and impregnated her. Leda gave birth to four children; only two of them were Zeus’. This tale of love and cheating is one of the most exciting tales in mythology. Read ahead about the affairof Zeus with Leda, who was Leda, and why only two of the four children born were Zeus’. 8 Leda var drottning och gift med kung Tyndaros i Sparta. 9 38 Leda eller QO2 är en asteroid upptäckt av Jean Chacornac av 12 januari i Paris. 10 Leda was a princess in Greek mythology, daughter of the king of Aetolia, Thestius. She was the wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. When Zeus saw her, he fell in love with her. He transformed into a swan and appeared in front of her; he seduced her and slept with her. On that night, Leda also lay with her husband. 11