Figure Greek and Roman
Leda
Λήδα , Lēdā grc
Daughter of Thestius in Greek mythology
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Family
The family of Leda
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 13
Kinship in an account 1
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Family 12
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a marriage · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (mother) Deidamia mythical daughter of Perieres
- child of (child) Thestius son of Agenor in Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Castor Greek mythical figure, brother of Pollux
- parent of (child) Castor and Pollux Greek mythical siblings
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parent of (mother) Clytemnestra daughter of Tyndareus in Greek mythology -
parent of (mother) Helen of Troy daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology - parent of (child) Phoebe mythological Greek character, daughter of Tyndareus
- parent of (child) Pollux Greek mythical figure, brother of Castor
- parent of (mother) Timandra Greek mythological character, daughter of Leda and Tyndareus
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partner of Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods -
sibling of Althaea mythical daughter of Thestius -
married to Tyndareus King of Sparta
Connections
How Leda connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
13 statements on this record
- 6 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 7 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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