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A-Z: General definitions: Leda
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Leda, the wife of king Tyndareos of Sparta, was seduced by Zeus in the guise of a swan. The resulting egg held Helen (of Troy). Some stories say that Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra hatched from this or a second egg, although some say Castor and Clytemnestra were mortals. Nemesis is also a possible mother of Helen.
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Helen; Trojan War; Wooden Horse
Wife of king Tyndareos of Sparta, mother of Helen (of Troy), and, according to some versions, Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra.
Chief city of Laconia in the Greek Peloponnese.
Son of Cronos, ruler and chief of the Greek gods, originally a sky-god. (Roman name: Jupiter.)
Daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famed for her beauty; wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta; she was abducted by Paris and taken back to Troy, which led to the Greeks' siege of Troy.
An ancient city on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont; it was sacked by the Greeks after a ten-year siege.
One of the 'Heavenly Twins' with Polydeuces. (Latin, Castor and Pollux). Sons of Leda.
One of the Heavenly Twins, with Castor.
Wife of Agamemnon, she later instigated his murder
The goddess of retribution.
Daughter of Zeus and Leda who was famed for her beauty; wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta; she was abducted by Paris and taken back to Troy, which led to the Greeks' siege of Troy.
A long struggle between the Greeks and the Trojans, recorded in Greek mythology but almost certainly based on real events.
A supposed offering by the Greeks to Athena which they filled with armed men; it was unsuspectingly brought by the Trojans into their city, an act of folly which resulted in their downfall.
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