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The myth "Leda and the Swan" in the painting by Francois Boucher.

Everyone knows that the great and mighty Zeus was a voluptuary. He loved women, and women loved him. And how could he not love? He was the Thunderer, the most important on Olympus.

One problem, because of his weakness, Zeus was promiscuous in his relationships. He would see a pretty face, and that's it, he was gone. He didn't care that some ladies had legal husbands. Like Leda, for example.

Leda is a mortal woman, the daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius and Eurythemis. Some sources, however, report that her parents were Sisyphus and Pantydia. What can you do, it was a long time ago. Such small details of the biography were hidden in the darkness of centuries.

But it is known for certain that Leda was legally married to the king of Sparta Tyndareus. True, they say that she was given to him without consent. Leda's father presented Tendarei with his young daughter for helping him defeat his enemies. Sad. Who would ask girls then?