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W.B.Yeats and Leda and the Swan
Title: W.B.Yeats and Leda and the Swan
Category: Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 1509 | Pages: 6.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
W.B.Yeats and Leda and the Swan
W.B.Yeats and Leda and the Swan
Given the odd tales brought to us by Greek mythology, one could very well imagine the stories having been unearthed from some antique tabloid magazine. In the case of Leda, subject of W. B. Yeats' poem "Leda and the Swan," the banner headline may have run as follows: "WOMAN IMPREGNATED BY SWAN, FOUR CHILDREN HATCH FROM EGGS". Kind of brings new meaning to the phrase "love nest," …showed first 75 words of 1509 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1509 total…commander of the Greek forces in the Trojan War. He was the son of Atreus. To calm the winds delaying his army's journey to Troy, Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis. After a ten-year siege, Troy fell and Agamemnon returned to Mycenae. With him came Trojan princess Cassandra as a prize of war. Upon his return, Clytemnestra, his wife, killed him with the help of her lover Aegisthus. (Encarta(r) 98 Desk Encyclopedia)
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