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
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
Castor and Pollux
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Castor and Pollux are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi.
Leda (mythology)
…her while disguised as a swan. Leda was named as the mother of four famous children in Greek mythology: Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the twins Castor and Pollux. Leda and the Swan was a popular motif in the visual arts, particularly during the Renaissance. While her parentage is disputed, Leda is most commonly…
Statues of Castor and Pollux (3rd century CE)
Castor on a calyx krater of c. 460–450 BCE, holding a horse's reins and spears and wearing a pilos-style helmet
Boeotian proxeny stele depicting baby Herakles strangling snakes (top), and Athena Alea and the Dioskouroi above a warship (369–363 BCE)
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus by Rubens, c. 1618