A mural depicting an erotic scene involving Zeus' lover Leda and a swan has been put on display for the first time today in Pompeii. The incredibly well preserved fresco - which is a mural painted ...

The Twins were the sons of Zeus and Leda and brothers of that Helen whose face launched a thousand ships and caused the Trojan War. Ancient mariners regarded Pollux and Castor as the patrons of ...

The artwork portrays the Greek god Zeus – or Jupiter in Roman mythology – taking the form of a swan and seducing the Spartan Queen Leda, the wife of King Tyndareus. Depictions of Greek ...

Recently, the world got a rare treat: new frescoes were unearthed from Pompeii that show mythological scenes from the Trojan War Epic.

Retelling one of the most legendary Greco-Roman mythological tales, this exceptional oil on panel of Leda and the Swan is credited to the workshop of the great Flemish master Bartholomaeus Spranger.

Leda, the wife of Tyndareus, the King of Sparta, was seduced by Zeus disguised in the form of a swan. Leda then bore Zeus’ children Helen and Polydeuces at the same time as bearing her husband’s ...

According to the story of "Leda and the Swan," Zeus fell for Leda and seduced her as a swan. She also slept with her human husband the same night as Zeus and proceeded to later give birth to two ...