Althaea (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Althaea, also rendered Althea or Althaia, was queen of Calydon through her marriage to King Oeneus. Althaea appears in myths surrounding the fabled Calydonian boar hunt, and is inf
Althaea kills Meleager, side relief on a Roman marble sarcophagus, 2nd century.
Althaea casts the brand of Meleager into the fire, illustration by Johann Wilhelm Baur.
Leda (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, Leda, also rendered as Lede, was an Aetolian princess who became queen consort of Sparta through her marriage to King Tyndareus. Zeus fell in love with Leda, and to avoid his wife
Althaea (mythology)
…son of Ares. She was therefore a Pleuronian princess. Her mother may have been Leucippe or Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea. She had two sisters: Leda and Hypermnestra, and four brothers: Iphiclus, Plexippus, Eurypylus, and Evippus. Toxeus has also been named as Althaea's brother. Through her sister…
Ancient fresco from Pompeii depicting Leda and the swan.
Leda and the Swan, 16th-century copy after the lost painting by Michelangelo
1st-century sculpture of Leda and the Swan in the Getty Villa