ROME — The ancient Pompeian fresco depicting the mythological scene of Leda and the swan was well preserved. It shows the rape of the queen of Sparta by Jupiter, the Romans’ Zeus, in the form of a ...
One year ago, archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park announced they had excavated a remarkably intact wall-painting in the bedroom of a home buried under ash when Mount Vesuvius famously ...
Prints and multiples, Hand-colored etching on Arches paper. Leda, the wife of Tyndareus, the King of Sparta, was seduced by Zeus disguised in the form of a swan. Leda then bore Zeus’ children Helen ...