Leda (mythology)

Leda and the Swan, ancient fresco from Pompeii

In Greek mythology, Leda (/ˈldə, ˈl-/; Ancient Greek: Λήδα [lɛ́ːdaː]) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. According to Ovid, she was famed for her beautiful black hair and snowy skin.[1] Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art of Leda and the Swan.

Family

Leda and the Swan, 16th-century copy after the lost painting by Michelangelo

Leda was the daughter of the Aetolian King Thestius hence she was also called Thestias.[2] Her mother was possibly Leucippe,[3] Deidameia, daughter of Perieres,[4] Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea,[5] or Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron.[6] According to Alcman, Leda's parents were Glaucus and Laophonte[6] while Eumelus attested that they are Sisyphus and Panteiduia or Paneidyia.[7]

She married king Tyndareus of Sparta and by him became the mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, Castor, and Pollux (also called "Polydeuces"). Leda also had three other daughters by Tyndareus: Timandra, Phoebe, and Philonoe.

Mythology

1st-century sculpture of Leda and the Swan in the Getty Villa

Leda was admired by Zeus, who seduced her in the guise of a swan. As a swan, Zeus fell into her arms for protection from a pursuing eagle. Their consummation, on the same night as Leda lay with her husband Tyndareus, resulted in two eggs from which hatched Helen (later known as the beautiful "Helen of Troy"), Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux (also known as the Dioscuri). Which children are the progeny of Tyndareus the mortal king, and which are of Zeus and thus half-immortal, is not consistent among accounts, nor is which child hatched from which egg. The split is almost always half mortal, half divine, although the pairings do not always reflect the children's heritage pairings. Castor and Pollux are sometimes both mortal, sometimes both divine. One consistent point is that if only one of them is immortal, it is Pollux. It is also always stated that Helen is the daughter of Zeus.

In Homer's Iliad, Helen looks down from the walls of Troy and wonders why she does not see her brothers among the Achaeans. The narrator remarks that they are both already dead and buried back in their homeland of Lacedaemon, thus suggesting that at least in the Homeric tradition, both were mortal.

Another account of the myth states that Nemesis (Νέμεσις) was the mother of Helen, and was also impregnated by Zeus in the guise of a swan. A shepherd found the egg and gave it to Leda, who carefully kept it in a chest until the egg hatched. When the egg hatched, Leda adopted Helen as her daughter. Zeus also commemorated the birth of Helen by creating the constellation Cygnus (Κύκνος), the Swan, in the sky.

In art

Leda and the Swan, Leda and the Egg, and Leda with her children were popular subjects in ancient art. In the post-classical arts, it became a potent source of inspiration. It is the subject of William Butler Yeats' poem Leda and the Swan. She is also the main subject in Honoré Desmond Sharrer's "Leda & the Folks", a large painting focusing as well on the parents of entertainer Elvis Presley and currently located at the Smith College Museum of Art.

Australian artist Sidney Nolan produced at least a dozen interpretations of Leda and the Swan in the 1950s and 1960s, connected with his work on the myths of the Trojan War and World War I.[8]

In October 2022, the myth inspired Hozier to write a song in response to the Dobbs v. Jackson decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which repealed Roe v. Wade. The song is called Swan Upon Leda.[9]

Genealogy

Comparative table of Leda's family
Relation Name Sources
Hom. Hom. Hymns Eum. Alc. Pher. Aes. Eur. Sch. on Apollon. Dio. Str. Dic. Apollod. Hyg. Luc. Clement Fulgentius
Parentage Thestius and Laophonte
Thestius and Deidameia
Thestius and Eurythemis
Thestius and Leucippe [10]
Glaucus and Laophonte
Sisyphus and Panteiduia
Thestius
Siblings Iphiclus
Althaea
Plexippus
Eurypylus
Evippus
Hypermnestra
Seducer (disguised) Zeus
Consort Tyndareus
Children Castor [11]
Polydeuces [11]
Helen [12]
Clytemnestra
Timandra
Phoebe
Philonoe
Name Relation Name Relation
Epicaste Great-grandmother (Demonice's mother) Iphiclus Brother
Agenor Great-grandfather (Demonice's father) Helen of Troy Daughter/great aunt (Ares' sister)
Zeus Lover/great-grandfather (Ares' father) Clytemnestra Daughter
Hera Great-grandmother (Ares' mother) Pollux Son/great uncle (Ares' brother)
Ares Grandfather (Thestius's father) Timandra Daughter
Demonice Grandmother (Thestius' mother) Philonoe Daughter
Cleoboea Grandmother (Eurythemis' mother) Castor Son/great uncle (Ares' brother)
Thestius Father Phoebe Daughter
Eurythemis Mother Ladocus Grandson (Timandra's son)
Evenus Uncle Iphigenia Granddaughter (Clytemnestra's daughter)
Molus Uncle Aletes Grandson (Clytemnestra's son)
Pylus Uncle Orestes Grandson (Clytemnestra's son)
Marpessa Cousin (Evenus' daughter) Erigone Granddaughter (Clytemnestra's daughter)
Tyndareus Husband/Second-Cousin (Zeus's Great-Grandson) Hermione Granddaughter/first cousin once removed (Helen's daughter)
Althaea Sister Nicostratus Grandson/first cousin once removed (Helen's son)
Eurypylus Brother Electra Granddaughter (Clytemnestra's daughter)
Hypermnestra Sister Anaxias Grandson (Castor's son)
Plexippus Brother Mnasinus Grandson/first cousin once removed (Pollux's son)
Toxeus Brother

Notes

  1. ^ Ovid. The Amores. Book II Elegy IV.
  2. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.5; Pausanias, 3.13.8; Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis 49
  3. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 14
  4. ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 201
  5. ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.10
  6. ^ a b Alcman, fr .15 as cited in Scholia on Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.146
  7. ^ Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.146 as cited in Lyric Poets. Eumelus, Life
  8. ^ "Leda and swan, 1958 by Sidney Nolan". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  9. ^ "'Swan Upon Leda' Review: For Hozier, Oppression and Resistance are Mythical and Mundane". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2023-03-23.
  10. ^ Leda's and Hypermnestra's mother might be Leucippe as well because there was no other woman mentioned as the wife of Thestius other than Leucippe in this text.
  11. ^ a b Though unnamed but certainly pertained to him
  12. ^ Though unnamed but certainly pertained to her

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