The Egg that Beautiful Helen was born - Leda was seduced by Zeus with the form of a Swan - Ceramic Artifact

Details:
Condition: New, Handmade in Greece.
Height: 15 cm - 5,9 inches
Width: 10 cm - 3,9 inches
Length: 10 cm - 3,9 inches
Weight: 400 g

Leda was famously seduced by Zeus when the king of the Olympian gods took the form of a swan. The result of this union, which occurred on the banks of the River Eurotas, was an egg from which the beautiful Helen and Polydeuces were born. The second twin son, Castor, was born to Leda's husband Tyndareus on the very same night the egg hatched. This explains why one of the twins was considered mortal and the other immortal, but some writers, notably Homer and Pindar, have the twins daily share the boon of immortality. As a climax to the story, Leda is granted immortality by Zeus and transformed into the goddess Nemesis. However, in Homer's Odyssey, the hero Odysseus sees Leda on his tour through Hades.e.

AGAIN 1143 ΑΥΓΟ ΛΗΔΑ-ΚΥΚΝΟΣ - 21