Leda

They came riding on white horses, two noble-looking brothers.

From Sparta they came, and their mother was Leda, who, after the twin brothers, had another child born to her, Helen, for whose sake the sons of many of Jason's friends were to wage war against the great city of Troy.

These were the first heroes who came to Iolcus after word had gone forth through Greece of Jason's adventuring in quest of the Golden Fleece.

And then there came one who had both welcome and reverence from Jason.

Peasant girl or king's daughter, they were all like queens to look upon, tall and stately and marvelous fair.

Now, there were once a maiden called Leda, and she was as far above the rest in beauty as the moon is brighter than the stars.

It was said that the old chieftain, her father, came out of the north country to dwell in Laconia, and indeed her golden hair and milk-white skin showed plainly that she was of northern race.

So there was much murmuring when the king chose her for his bride.

Instead of taking to a wife a princess of his own kindred, it was whispered among the old folks that bad luck would come of it.

It happened, however, that the harvest that year was very great, and the king was at peace with all his neighbors.

Moreover, Queen Leda was gentle and gracious to her household and bountiful to the needy, so that the people began to forgive her for being a foreigner.

The next year, in the spring, word came to her husband of a great hunting to be held in the mountains beyond the borders of his kingdom, to which many chiefs and princes were gathering, and he made ready to join them with a goodly company.

Peasant girl or king's daughter, they were all like queens to look upon, tall and stately and marvelous fair.

Now there were once a maiden called Leda, and she was as far above the rest in beauty as the moon is brighter than the stars.

It was said that the old chieftain, her father, came out of the north country to dwell in Laconia, and indeed, her golden hair and milk-white skin showed plainly that she was of northern race.

So there was much murmuring when the king chose her for his bride.

Instead of taking to a wife a princess of his own kindred, it was whispered among the old folks that bad luck would come of it.

It happened, however, that the harvest that year was very great, and the king was at peace with all his neighbors.

Moreover, Queen Leda was gentle and gracious to her household and bountiful to the needy, so that the people began to forgive her for being a foreigner.

The next year, in the spring, word came to her husband of a great hunting to be held in the mountains beyond the borders of his kingdom, to which many chiefs and princes were gathering, and he made ready to join them with a goodly company.

menelaus is the king of sparta brother to agamemnon he's also the cook that launched a thousand ships it is on his behalf that the greeks go to war with troy after menelaus's wife helen runs off with and or is kidnapped by the trojan prince paris Helen is queen

of Sparta and the daughter of Zeus and Leda, famously conceived when Zeus was in swan form.

So she hatched from a swan's egg, notable white woman behavior.

The most circulated, widely circulated myth surrounding Helen is that she was won by Menelaus.