Leda

Role: mother of Castor and Polydeuces · First appears: Homeric Hymn XVII · To the Dioscuri

Beneath Taygetus, Leda bore Castor and Polydeuces after lying with Zeus, the dark-clouded Son of Cronos. The hymn says she “bare them beneath the peak of the great hill Taygetus.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Leda bore Castor and Polydeuces after Zeus bent her to his will.(Homeric Hymn XVII · To the Dioscuri · 📍 Taygetus)
  • With: Castor Polydeuces Zeus
  • “Beneath the heights of Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will.”
• Leda bore Castor and Polydeuces beneath Taygetus.(Homeric Hymn XXXIII · To the Dioscuri · 📍 Taygetus)
  • With: Castor Polydeuces
  • “When Leda had lain with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos, she bare them beneath the peak of the great hill Taygetus,—children who are delivers of men on earth and of swift-going ships when stormy gales rage over the ruthless sea.”

Homeric Hymn XVII · To the Dioscuri

• child: Castor “Beneath the heights of Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will.”
• child: Polydeuces “Beneath the heights of Taygetus stately Leda bare them, when the dark-clouded Son of Cronos had privily bent her to his will.”

Homeric Hymn XXXIII · To the Dioscuri

• courtship with Zeus “When Leda had lain with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos”
• child: Castor “When Leda had lain with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos, she bare them beneath the peak of the great hill Taygetus,—children who are delivers of men on earth and of swift-going ships when stormy gales rage over the ruthless sea.”
• child: Polydeuces “When Leda had lain with the dark-clouded Son of Cronos, she bare them beneath the peak of the great hill Taygetus,—children who are delivers of men on earth and of swift-going ships when stormy gales rage over the ruthless sea.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.