Leda
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Greek The daughter of King Thestius of
Aetolia; wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta. She was
the mother of the twin brothers Castor and Polydeuces
(Pollux in Latin; see Castor and Pollux),
known by the joint name of the Dioscuri; and of
Helen and Clytemnestra. According to one myth,
Leda mated with the god Zeus, who had disguised
himself as a swan. Leda then laid an egg from which
Helen and Polydeuces emerged. Castor and Clytemnestra
arrived by normal delivery and were said to be
the children of Tyndareus.
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- Leda Greek The daughter of King Thestius of Aetolia; wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta.
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