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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]
Phoebe, a Spartan princess who was the daughter of King Tyndareus and Leda, daughter of King Thestius of Pleuron. She was the (half-)sister of Castor and Pollux, Helen, Clytemnestra, Timandra and Philonoe. [7] Phoebe, one of the Amazons who fought against Heracles. [8] Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis, also shared by Selene.
Tyndareus’ wife Leda was seduced by Zeus, who disguised himself as a swan. She laid two eggs, each producing two children; Castor and Pollux , and Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra . When Thyestes seized control in Mycenae , two exiled princes, Agamemnon and Menelaus came to Sparta , where they were received as guests and lived for a number of ...
Philonoe, daughter of Iobates and first wife of Bellerophon by whom, she became the mother of Isander , [2] Hippolochus and Laodamia (Deidamia [3] or Hippodamia [4]). Philonoe was the sister of Stheneboea who loved Bellerophon more than her current husband, King Proetus of Argos.
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Clytemnestra was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the King and Queen of Sparta, making her a Spartan Princess. According to the myth, Zeus appeared to Leda in the form of a swan, seducing and impregnating her. Leda produced four offspring from two eggs: Castor and Clytemnestra from one egg, and Helen and Polydeuces (Pollux) from the
Helen and Menelaus became rulers of Sparta, after Tyndareus and Leda abdicated. Menelaus and Helen rule in Sparta for at least ten years; they have a daughter, Hermione, and (according to some myths) three sons: Aethiolas, Maraphius, and Pleisthenes. The marriage of Helen and Menelaus marks the beginning of the end of the age of heroes.
Thestius was the father of Iphiclus [8] by Leucippe [9] or Eurythemis, daughter of Cleoboea, who was the mother of his other children, Althaea, [10] Eurypylus, Evippus, Hypermnestra, Leda and Plexippus. [11] In other sources, the mother of Iphiclus, Althaea and Leda was named either Laophonte, daughter of Pleuron [12] or Deidameia, daughter of ...