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Leda and the Swan, 16th-century copy after the lost painting by Michelangelo. Leda was the daughter of the Aetolian King Thestius hence she was also called Thestias. [2] Her mother was possibly Leucippe, [3] Deidameia, daughter of Perieres, [4] Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea, [5] or Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron. [6]
Castor [a] and Pollux [b] (or Polydeuces) [c] are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. [d]Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. [2]
Tyndareus’ wife Leda was seduced by Zeus, who disguised himself as a swan. She laid two eggs, each producing two children; Castor and Pollux, and Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. When Thyestes seized control in Mycenae, two exiled princes, Agamemnon and Menelaus came to Sparta, where they were received as guests and lived for a number of years ...
Tommaso Boddi/FilmMagic Anthony Anderson has a close-knit family that includes his mom and two children. Anderson was raised by his mom, Doris Bowman, and late stepfather Sterling Bowman. In ...
Former President Barack Obama's family was the subject of a recent article stating a man had filed a lawsuit claiming he was the biological father of Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia.
While Anne Heche took on many roles over the years, her most memorable was that of a mother to her two sons. Heche first expanded her family in 2002 when she and her ex-husband, Coleman Laffoon ...
Thestius was the father of Iphiclus [8] by Leucippe [9] or Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea, who was the mother of his other children, Althaea, [10] Eurypylus, Evippus, Hypermnestra, Leda and Plexippus. [11] In other sources, the mother of Iphiclus, Althaea and Leda was named either Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron [12] or Deidameia, daughter of ...
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