How Does Leda And The Swan End?

2025-12-01 18:24:54 36

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Leo
Leo
2025-12-02 04:01:14
Short version: Zeus dips, Leda’s left with legendary kids and zero answers. Later art either glamorizes it or twists it into horror—no in-between. My hot take? The ending’s whatever you project onto it: fate, trauma, or just gods being messy.
Lydia
Lydia
2025-12-05 19:40:45
Oh, the myth’s ending is wild! Leda gets, uh, 'visited' by Zeus-as-swan, and later she hatches eggs (yes, eggs) containing Helen and clytemnestra—which basically sets off the Trojan War and a bunch of Greek tragedies. But here’s the twist: some versions say Nemesis was actually the mom, and Leda just raised the kids. Classic myth chaos! I prefer the darker takes where Leda’s left questioning reality, like in modern adaptations where the swan imagery blurs into something psychological. Makes you side-eye all those pretty classical paintings of the scene.
Nathan
Nathan
2025-12-06 22:34:35
The ending of 'Leda and the Swan' really depends on which version you're talking about! W.B. Yeats' poem leaves it hauntingly ambiguous—Leda is overwhelmed by Zeus in swan form, and the poem cuts off right after the union, leaving you to wonder about the aftermath. Did she remember it as divine or traumatic? The myth itself varies; some say she laid two Eggs (hello, helen of troy!), others imply she just vanished into legend. I love how art plays with this—from creepy Renaissance paintings to modern retellings that frame it as assault or surreal fantasy. Makes you rethink how myths get sanitized over time.

Personally, I always circle back to Yeats' version because of that chilling last line: 'Did she put on his knowledge with his power / Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?' It’s like the poem forces you to sit with the discomfort. No tidy resolution, just this raw, unresolved tension that sticks with you for days.
Yvette
Yvette
2025-12-07 00:49:32
Yeats’ poem ends mid-breath, almost violently—no closure, just Leda caught in that transformative moment. It’s genius because the myth’s fallout is history itself (Trojan War, anyone?), but the poem focuses on the visceral now. I’ve read feminist critiques arguing the ending erases Leda’s agency, while others see it as exposing divine cruelty. Funny how a 16-line poem sparks centuries of debate! Makes me wish we had more versions from Leda’s perspective, like Pat Barker’s 'the silence of the girls' but for this myth.
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