Statuary group with Leda and the Swan (Leda et le cygne)Leda was admired by Zeus / Jupiter; who seduced her in the guise of a swan. As a swan; Zeus fell into her arms for protection from a pursuing eagle. Their consummation; on the same night as Leda lay with her husband Tyndareus; resulted in two eggs from which hatched Helen (later known as the beautiful 'Helen of Troy'); Clytemnestra; and Castor and Pollux (also known as the Dioscuri).- Late Hadrian Age copy (2nd century AD) from a Hellenistic original from c 50 (BC)pentelic marbleVenice. Museo Archeologico Nazionale2018