Ancient Greek, Hellenistic Bronze Exclusive Seal with an Important & Famous Mythological Scene- Leda and the Swan, an Eros also visible within a classical almond shaped bezel with a clear image of a fine hellenistic style. 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 Leda, an Aetolian princess who became Spartan queen. 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. According to many versions of the story, Zeus took the form of a swan and raped Leda. Rare. Width of the seal: 2 cm.