Zeus+and+Leda

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 * Summary:**

Many of the pieces of art are a bit questionable, at least in terms of subject matter, for a school based sight. However, Leda and the Swan (Zeus) has been the subject of many famous paintings. Here is a sketch Leda Leonardo da Vinci did in preparation for a larger painting.
 * Artwork**


 * Modern References:**
 * Because of the interaction between a magical being and a beautiful woman, there are echoes of //Beauty and the Beast,// King Kong and even, the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
 * William Butler Yeats wrote a famous poem about [|Zeus and Leda].
 * Here is a more modern take of the same interaction, as painted by Vittorio Losito.

Here is a video of a piece of art, by a YouTube user, which evokes Leda and the Swan. I ripped the video from YouTube.

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