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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], she was the [[wife]] of [[Tyndareus]] and [[mother]] of [[Clytemnestra]] and [[Helen of Troy]], and had two [[son]]s [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]]. [[Zeus]] made himself look like a [[swan]], and Helen was hatched from an egg. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], she was the [[wife]] of [[Tyndareus]] and [[mother]] of [[Clytemnestra]] and [[Helen of Troy]], and had two [[son]]s [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]]. [[Zeus]] made himself look like a [[swan]], and Helen was hatched from an egg.

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Leda [r]: From Greek mythology, she was the wife of Tyndareus and mother of Clytemnestra and Helen of Troy, and had two sons Castor and Pollux. Zeus made himself look like a swan, and Helen was hatched from an egg.