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    The Ruler, Protector, and Father of All Gods and Humans

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    Leda was the beautiful wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. Zeus saw Leda's beauty and transformed into a swan to seduce her. As a swan, Zeus lay beside Leda and impregnated her. Leda then produced one or two eggs that hatched into Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the twins Castor and Pollux. The fame of these children, especially Helen of Troy, far exceeded Leda's own fame.

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    The Ruler, Protector, and Father of All Gods and Humans

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    Leda was the beautiful wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. Zeus saw Leda's beauty and transformed into a swan to seduce her. As a swan, Zeus lay beside Leda and impregnated her. Leda then produced one or two eggs that hatched into Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the twins Castor and Pollux. The fame of these children, especially Helen of Troy, far exceeded Leda's own fame.

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    Leda was the beautiful wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. Zeus saw Leda's beauty and transformed into a swan to seduce her. As a swan, Zeus lay beside Leda and impregnated her. Leda then produced one or two eggs that hatched into Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the twins Castor and Pollux. The fame of these children, especially Helen of Troy, far exceeded Leda's own fame.

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    Leda was the beautiful wife of King Tyndareus of Sparta. Zeus saw Leda's beauty and transformed into a swan to seduce her. As a swan, Zeus lay beside Leda and impregnated her. Leda then produced one or two eggs that hatched into Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the twins Castor and Pollux. The fame of these children, especially Helen of Troy, far exceeded Leda's own fame.

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    LEDA AND THE SWAN

    Leda was a daughter of Thestios, the King of Pleuron. Leda was married to

    King Tyndareus of Sparta. Leda was a beautiful woman, and her beauty

    attracted the attention of Zeus, the ruler, protector, and father of all gods and

    humans who spied her from his throne on Mount Olympus. The beauty of

    Leda roused Zeus to action, and the god transformed himself into a

    magnificent swan. Then, portraying himself as a bird escaping from a bird of

    prey, Zeus lay down next to Leda, and impregnated her. Leda would

    subsequently produce one or two eggs, from which four offspring were born;

    the children being Helen of Troy, the most beautiful of all mortals;

    Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon who is depicted in Shelley’s

    poemOzymandias; Castor and Pollux, the twins who lead Spartan army

    against Athens to retrieve abducted Helen. They are considered to remain

    eternal as constellation Gemini. A lesser known version of the myth sees the eggs being
    laid by the goddess Nemesis, after a relationship with Zeus, and the Spartan Queen simply

    looking after them until they hatched.

    The fame of the four children would far outstrip that of their mother.

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