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Leda (mythology)
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Leda (mythology)
In
Greek mythology
,
Leda
(; ) was daughter of the
Aetolian
king
Thestius
, and wife of king
Tyndareus
(Τυνδάρεως) of
Sparta
. Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art of
Leda and the Swan
. She was the mother of
Helen
(Ἑλένη) of Troy,
Clytemnestra
(Κλυταιμνήστρα), and
Castor and Pollux
(Κάστωρ καὶ Πολυδεύκης
, also spelled Kastor and Polydeuces).
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