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Tadé Styka - Leda and the Swan (1913) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] arctanthrope@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

it's a scene from Greek mythology and the subject of several paintings. the swan is Zeus in disguise. Leda later laid an egg, and from it hatched Helen of Troy

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Thanks! I remembered the Greek gods kinda banging everyone and often as non humans but completely missed that this was Helen's lineage.

[–] showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah it was just a joke about artists being kinky :)

[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

and Greeks more than them