Leda

Leda may refer to:Leda (mythology), queen of SpartaLeda (moon), a moon of Jupiter38 Leda, an asteroidLeda River, tributary of the Ems in GermanyHMS Leda, the name of six ships of the British Royal NavyLeda, a suburb of Perth, Western AustraliaLeda programming languageLeda Cosmides, (born May 7, 1957), an American psychologistLeda, the Swiss Milkmaid, a Demi-Caractère balletLeda Serene Films, a film, television, and theatre production company based in Toronto, CanadaLeda Clay, also called Quick clay, a unique form of marine clay Leda and the Swan, a poem by Wiliam Butler YeatsLEDA, a proprietary computational geometry programming library
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v. hurt, injure, damage, prejudice

adj. cheerful, glad

[Greek] Leda was the daughter of Thestius and the wife of Tyndareus. She has been known as the Queen of Sparta. Leda was seduced by Zeus when he came to her in the form of a swan. Leda gave birth to an egg. From it hatched the Dioscuri, the twins Castor and Pollux. With Zeus she also had Helen and with Tyndareus she had Clytemnestra. Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae. She was one of the tragic women in the Trojan War. While Agamemnon was away in the war, Clytemnestra took Aegisthus as her lover, and together they plotted to kill Agamemnon when he returned. One of her reasons was her husband's sacrifice of their daughter. When Agamemnon returned Clytemnestra pretended to greet him. Later, while Agamemnon bathed, Clytemnestra murdered him. She, herself was killed by her son Orestes. Helen of Troy was said to be the most beautiful woman in Greece and the major cause of the Trojan War. While still a young girl, Helen was carried off by an Athenian hero, Theseus. Before ...
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