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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology, Italian
Scripts Λήδα(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. /lɛ̌ː.daː/(Classical Greek) /ˈliː.də/(English) /ˈleɪ.də/(English) /ˈlɛ.da/(Italian)
Meaning & History
Meaning unknown. In Greek myth she was a Spartan queen and the mother of Castor, Pollux, Helen and Clytemnestra by the god Zeus, who came upon her in the form of a swan.