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	MSN Encarta - Related Items - Zeus
		, in Greek mythology, wife of Tyndareus, who was king of Sparta, and the mother of Castor and Polydeuces, Clytemnestra, and Helen of...
	encarta.msn.com /related_761557392_18.9/Leda.html (23 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Leda (mythology)
		Leda (mythology), in Greek mythology, wife of Tyndareus, who was king of Sparta, and the mother of Castor and Polydeuces, Clytemnestra, and Helen of...
		Castor and Polydeuces, in Greek and Roman mythology, the twin sons of Leda, wife of the Spartan king Tyndareus.
		Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in Greece, daughter of the god Zeus and of Leda.
	encarta.msn.com /Leda_(mythology).html (125 words)

	Pollux (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Pollux was the nickname of Polydeuces, the son of Zeus and Leda and twin brother of Castor.
		This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub.
		This page was last modified 18:19, 26 September 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pollux_(mythology) (55 words)

	Leda (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Leda was a Spartan queen, wife of Tyndareus and mother of the double sets of mixed twins, Castor and Polydeuces and Clytemnestra and Helen, as well as Phoebe and Philonoe.
		See also Leda and the Swan for the motif in the visual arts and the poem by William Yeats.
		As the myth developed, it appeared that on a single night Zeus, in the guise of a swan, lay with Leda, who conceived Polydeuces (Pollux) and Helen "of Troy" (collectively know as the Dioscuri).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leda_(mythology) (162 words)

	LEDA - LoveToKnow Article on LEDA
		This led to the identification of Leda and Nemesis.
		In another account Nemesis was the mother of Helen (q.v.) whom Leda adopted as her daughter.
		In the usual later form of the story, Leda herself, having been visited by Zeus in the form of a swan, produced two eggs, from one of which came Helen, from the other Castor and Pollux.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LE/LEDA.htm (459 words)

	Leda, Greek Mythology Link.
		was a daughter of Nemesis and Zeus, and that a shepherd found the egg and brought it to Leda.
		It was as an exile in the land of Thestius 1 that Tyndareus met Leda.
		Leda is said to have died of shame because of the deeds committed by
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Leda.html (382 words)

	The Ugly Duckling, Grimms' Fairy Tales
		Greek mythology tells the story of Leda, a mortal woman and queen of Sparta who caught the eye of Zeus, king of the gods.
		Leda was the mother of Helen of Troy, the daughter of Thestius and the wife of Tyndareus.
		Leda was seduced by Zeus when he came to her in the form of a swan.
	www.walnet.org /stanley_woods/muteswanz/leda.html (1118 words)

	Mythography The Greek Heroine Leda in Myth and Art
		Here is another poetic plot twist - the legend is that Helen was born from an egg because her father Zeus appeared as a swan when he impregnated Leda (it should be mentioned that some versions of the tale instead claim that it was the goddess Nemesis who laid the egg from which Helen hatched).
		Complications aside, it is clear that Leda's legend is quite meaningful in mythology.
		Leda was the mother to many noble children, including the famous beauty Helen, the heroine Clytemnestra, and the twins Castor and Polydeuces (the pair, incidentally, were also known as the Dioscuri).
	www.loggia.com /myth/leda.html (454 words)

	English 1030
		Leda is both mother and lover to Sorin: as a son, he nurses from her breast, and as a lover, he "undeniabl[y]" tastes the salt on her skin.
		When he tells Leda about the dream, he "suddenly want[s] to cry [at her response], knowing that [he] is but a little boy with her (although [he] is five years older than she) but [he] resist[s] because [he] is happy" (284).
		Perhaps Leda is, too; perhaps she has a similar relationship with this new person, and refuses to see Sorin because he has the gall to vocalize their actions and the new person does not.
	virtual.park.uga.edu /frescomp/engl1030-98-99.html (1763 words)

	TROY
		In Greek mythology, Agamemnon was a Greek hero of the Trojan wars, son of Atreus, king of Mycenae, and brother of Menelaus.
		In Roman mythology, Turnus was the son of King Daunus and the nymph Venilia.
		In Greek mythology, Hector was a Trojan prince, son of King Priam and husband of Andromache, who, in the siege of Troy, was the foremost warrior on the Trojan side until he was killed by Achilles.
	waltm.net /troy.htm (1818 words)

	Yeats''Leda and the swan': an image's coming of age
		Before being the metamorphosis of Mary and her dove, Leda (da Vinci’s ‘figura serpentina’) and the swan (‘the brute blood of the air’) are the metamorphosis of Eve and the serpent (‘the cold blood of the waters’).
		And the complicity of the half-sleeping Leda is further emphasized by the wriggling of her fingers, betraying a nearly concealed enjoyment.
		And even when the webs on Leda’s thighs may also appear on the relief, marble has no colour, and it is precisely the resonance of that colour black that is more than echoed in that splendid ’her thighs caressed by the dark webs’.
	d-sites.net /english/yeats.htm (6376 words)

	Leda, the Swan Dr Hannibal Lecter & Tom Harris
		EVER SINCE THE misty dawn of Greek mythology, LEDA and her doting swan have lived and loved in countless poets' lays and, less ephaemerally, in thousands upon thousands of embodiments in paint, line, stone and metal.
		Mythology fails to tell us whether these forms were mere travelling costumes, so to speak, and whether, as we may well suppose, upon arrival at the bedside he reassumed his customary and divine semblance of a robust, virile man in the prime of his maturity.
		My bronze LEDA and her god are instead captured whilst pirouetting through the upper airs, teasing, seducing, he flying on great swan's wings strapped to his back and arms, she borne aloft and along by, what else, his omnipotence and immortality.
	www.janenevillegallery.co.uk /hannibal.html (1194 words)

	LEDA - Gods from Greek Mythology
		But when LEDA died she was deified as NEMESIS just in case she might have been, and ZEUS was left with egg on his face.
		LEDA: Daughter of King Thestius, she was notorious for swanning around with ZEUS during one of his bird impression phases.
		LEDA was married to Tyndareds, a banished heir to the throne of Sparta, and when the eggs arrived two of the yolks were his: CASTOR and Clytemnestra.
	www.godchecker.com /pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=LEDA (299 words)

	CASTOR and POLLUX - LoveToKnow Article on CASTOR and POLLUX
		lloXvthKIls), in Greek and Roman mythology, the twin sons of Leda, and brothers of Helen and Clytaemnestra.
		In Homer, Castor, Pollux and Clytaemnestra are said to be the children of Tyndareus and Leda, Helen the daughter of Leda by Zeus.
		In some versions Leda is represented as having brought forth two eggs, from one of which were born Castor and Pollux, from the other Helen.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CASTOR_and_POLLUX.htm (716 words)

	Leda Swan Essays - Yeats’ Leda and the Swan and Van Duyn's Leda
		In Greek mythology, Leda, a Spartan queen, was so beautiful that Zeus, ruler of the gods, decided he must have her.
		Yeats’ Leda and the Swan and Van Duyn's Leda
		Leda Swan Essays - Yeats’ Leda and the Swan and Van Duyn's Leda
	www.123helpme.com /preview.asp?id=8351 (1560 words)

	Leda on Encyclopedia.com
		Leda Huesich has just released her fourth album, titled "Joyride".
		lē´de, in Greek mythology, daughter of Thestios, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta.
		A huge bronze of Leda and the Swan by Cuban artist Botero dominates this square near the Grand Canal that is also the favourite place of peripatetic bag (LON47786)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/L/Leda.asp (412 words)

	H.D.'s Home Page - Leda
		In Greek mythology, Leda is the mortal raped by Zeus, in the form of a swan.
		This poem gives images of this swan before he attacks Leda.
	www.cichone.com /jlc/hd/hd2.html (27 words)

	LEDA Page
		Leda was a daughter of Thestius and the wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta.
		She was a mortal seduced by Zeus in form of swan and gave birth to two eggs.
		Well the king of Sparta got pissed off about Paris taking his wife.
	waltm.net /leda.htm (179 words)

	Leda and her Children
		Now Leda bore the twin girls Helen and Clytemnestra: the former married Ma\eneleus but ran off with Paris to become Helen of Troy; the later, Clytemnestra, married Agamemnon, and when she'd had enough, killed him in the bath with a battle-ax.
		There's general agreement that Leda bore four children, two sets of twins, male and female, and that she accomplished this by laying eggs.
		Leda married Tyndareus and they lived happily in Sparta when Leda caught the eye of Zeus.
	www.travel-italy.com /ct/leda.html (453 words)

	Clytemnestra
		Leda, in Greek mythology - Leda, in Greek mythology, daughter of Thestios, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of...
		Clytemnestra, in Greek mythology, the daughter of Leda and Tyndareus.
		Agamemnon- Agamemnon, in Greek mythology, leader of the Greek forces in the Trojan War; king of Mycenae (or...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0812656.html (236 words)

	sonnet
		Details from Greek Mythology: Leda is the wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta.
		The subject of Yeats' poem is generally agreed to be the rape of Leda by Zeus, disguised as a swan.
		The content then is taken from Greek mythology and plays a role in the the second division of thought in the sestet.
	www.wsu.edu /~hughesc/sonnet.htm (707 words)

	Zeus art
		Leda does not appear concerned and has her hand on the swan's neck, caressing it.
		Books and silver bubbles are floating around, plus Leda is on a pedestal, which are all objects added by the artist, as these have nothing to do with the Greek myth.
		Here, Leda is again unclothed and the swan is sculpted in a very sexual position.
	oncampus.richmond.edu /academics/classics/students/Grinter/Zeusart.htm (255 words)

	Constellation Gemini
		The two were born from an egg laid by Leda after she was seduced by Zeus in the disguise of a swan.
		In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux were twin heroes.
	www.coldwater.k12.mi.us /lms/planetarium/myth/gemini.html (420 words)

	An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology
		Leda : the mother of Castor and Clytemnestra by her husband Tyndareus, and of Pollux and Helen by Zeus, who was wearing the form of a swan
		Helen: the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War
		Irene : the personification of peace in classical mythology
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Troy/1664/names.html (314 words)

	About Leda
		In classical mythology, Leda was the wife of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta.
		Leda represents the link between passionate emotion and the state of motherhood, the basis of all life.
		Consequently, Leda gave birth to an egg and from this egg sprang quadruplets.
	www.thescreamonline.com /photo/photo3-1/davis/ledatext.html (240 words)

	Boris Valllejo 1990 Mythology Calendar
		Leda was one of the many young ladies who were "seduced" (frequently unwillingly) by Zeus and subsequently punished by Hera.
		In this instance, he charmed her as a swan, then changed form when he was close enough.
		Some figures were still soft and white, while others who were baked longer were darker brown, creating different races of men.
	home.planet.nl /~hls/vallejo/1990.html (270 words)

	Menelaus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri.
		in Greek mythology, king of Sparta and the younger son of Atreus, king of Mycenae; the abduction of his wife, Helen, led to the Trojan War.
		During the war Menelaus served under his elder brother Agamemnon, the commander in chief of the Greek forces.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9052002 (709 words)

	Olympians: Vase Representations
		In mythology, Leda subsequently gave birth to an egg from which Helen and Polydeuces (one of the Dioscouri) were born.
		The links are derived principally from two web sites: (1) the catalogue of vases on Perseus and (2) Carlos Parada's Greek Mythology Link, a site on which you can explore all the myths associated with each of the divinities, including variant stories about their births, exploits, etc.
		There are also useful collections of images of the Olympian divinities on the University of Haifa Mythology in Western Art site and on Laurel Bowman's Olympian Gods site, which is part of her project, Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources (University of Victoria).
	mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu /cciv110x/hesiod/cciv110.olympians.html (2319 words)

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