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Leda

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1. Leda - Noun

2. Leda - Proper noun

Meaning

(Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda

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..a Leda or a Danae.. ..as a naked woman with swollen belly, hanging breasts and garter marks on the legs. Rembrandt

5 Helen was either the daughter of Leda or Nemesis. Source: Internet

David A. Campbell, Greek Lyric Poetry, Bristol Classical Press (1982), pp. 286, 289 Hither now to me from your isle of Pelops, You powerful children of Zeus and Leda, Showing youselves kindly by nature, Castor And Polydeuces! Source: Internet

Biologists John Tooby and Leda Cosmides were puzzled by the fact that in the US race is one of the three characteristics most often used in brief descriptions of individuals (the others are age and sex). Source: Internet

Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek name Λήδα Leda. Source: Internet

Leda and the Swan by Correggio Leonardo da Vinci began making studies in 1504 for a painting, apparently never executed, of Leda seated on the ground with her children. Source: Internet

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