Marc Lalique - Leda and the swanIn classical Greek mythology, Leda was daughter of the Aetolian king Thestius, and wife of king Tyndareus of Sparta. The legend says that Leda was seduced and then raped by Zeus who took on the form of a swan. On the same day she also lay with her husband king Tyndareus. Leda produced four children Helen (later Helen of Troy) and Polydeuces by Zeus, and Castor and Clytemnestra by her husband. This Lalique design dates to the post war period of