Associations to the word «Leda»

LEDA, proper noun. (Greek mythology) The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen, Clytemnestra and Castor and Pollux hatched from eggs as a result of a seduction by Zeus in the guise of a swan

LEDA, proper noun. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter.

LEDA, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 38 Leda, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon.

LEDA, noun. (Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda.