Salvador Dali - Leda and the Swan Original rare medallion, great opportunity for purchase one original solid Salvador Dali medaillon, 18 carat gold plated Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces (or in some versions, rapes) Leda. According to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus, while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta. In the W. B. Yeats version, it is subtly suggested that Clytemnestra, although being the daughter of Tyndareus, has somehow been traumatized by what the swan has done to her mother (see below). According to many versions of the story, Zeus took the form of a swan and seduced Leda on the same night she slept with her husband King Tyndareus. In some versions, she laid two eggs from which the children hatched.In other versions, Helen is a daughter of Nemesis, the goddess who personified the disaster that awaited those suffering from the pride of Hubris. The subject was rarely seen in the large-scale sculpture of antiquity, although a representation of Leda in sculpture has been attributed in modern times to Timotheus (compare illustration, below left); small-scale sculptures survive showing both reclining and standing poses, in cameos and engraved gems, rings, and terracotta oil lamps. Thanks to the literary renditions of Ovid and Fulgentius it was a well-known myth through the Middle Ages, but emerged more prominently as a classicizing theme, with erotic overtones, in the Italian Renaissance. Revise the photos Signed Salvador Dali, 1970s 24 carat gold plated over unknow material in my opinion probably silver or bronze ca 46g, size ca: 4,5cm Note:the pendant is in very good condition, the material of the chain is unknow probably brass and shows signs of use and color lost Salvador Dali is with Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Banksy, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chillida and Keith Haring one of the best artist of the 20th Very good condition, the price of precious metals gold and silver is on the rise, and together with the artistic value of this piece, it makes an investment