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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]
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 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 .
Euripides' play Helen, written in the late 5th century BC, is the earliest source to report the most familiar account of Helen's birth: that, although her putative father was Tyndareus, she was actually Zeus' daughter. In the form of a swan, the king of gods was chased by an eagle, and sought refuge with Leda.
The title of each book is The Value of x: The story of y, where x is the characteristic exemplified and y is the exemplary person (i.e. The Value of Determination: The Story of Helen Keller). Early editions of the books use a different format: The Valuetale of y: The value of x.
Clytemnestra was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the King and Queen of Sparta, making her a Spartan Princess. According to the myth, Zeus appeared to Leda in the form of a swan, seducing and impregnating her. Leda produced four offspring from two eggs: Castor and Clytemnestra from one egg, and Helen and Polydeuces (Pollux) from the
Keller went on to complete formal speech classes and learn braille and the art of manual lip-reading. With assistance from Sullivan, Keller graduated cum laude from Radcliffe College in 1904.
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 ...
Cingano, Ettore. "A Catalogue within a Catalogue: Helen’s Suitors in the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women (frr. 196–204)." In The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions (2005), p. 118-152. Clader, Linda Lee. Helen: the evolution from divine to heroic in Greek epic tradition. Leiden: Brill, 1976.