Leda

Has sex with Zeus while he is in the shape of a swan, and later gives birth to the Dioscuri, Helen, and Clytaemnestra.

Genealogy

Eurythemis

Thestius

Althaea, Eurypylus, Evippus, Hypermnestra, Iphiclus, Plexippus

Tyndareus

Castor, Clytaemnestra, Helen, Phylonoe, Pollux, Timandra

Helen

Places
  1. Sparta
  2. Unknown
Events
  1. Leda has sex with Zeus and Tyndareus on the same night
  2. Leda bears Pollux and Helen to Zeus and Castor and Clytaemnestra to Tyndareus
  3. A shepherd brings Nemesis’ egg to Leda
  4. Helen hatches from an egg
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.10
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.5
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.6
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.7
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 11.2
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 228
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 342
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.7
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 33.8
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 13.8
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 16.1
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