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1 Tyndareus – Leda – Zeus Agamemnon - Klytemnestra Helen - Menelaus

2 Leda and Zeus as a Swan

3 Coreggio, Leda with the Swan (1531-32)

4 Cesare da Sesto, Leda and the Swan (16th c.) From lost original by DaVinci

5 Anonymous, copy of a lost original by Michelangelo

6 Salvador Dali, Leda Atomica (1949)

7 PenelopeKlytemnestraHelen Preserves her oikosdestroys her oikosdestroys her oikos AND entire nations The “Model” WifeThe “Bad” WifeThe “Angel of Death” Loyal, faithfulDisloyal, deceitfulDisloyal, yet absolutely irresistible

8 Nemesis and the Dioskouroi (ca 330-310 BCE)

9 The Destructive power of eros in fifth-century Athenian Tragedy Medea: kills her own children to spite her husband (Jason) who no longer returns her love. Deianeira: (unknowingly) kills her husband (Herakles) in her attempt to regain his love. Phaedra: kills herself and causes the death of her stepson (Hippolytos) out of desperate passion.

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