World News Leda and the Swan: A Fresco Comes to Life in Pompeii Excavation ROME — The ancient Pompeian fresco depicting the mythological scene of Leda and the swan was well preserved.

As legend has it, Leda was seduced – some say raped – and impregnated by a swan, who was really Zeus, the Olympian king of the gods who had taken a fancy to her.

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A newly discovered mural shows Leda having sex with a swan. Photo: Parco Archeologico di Pompei Archaeologists have unearthed a sensual fresco depicting the Ancient Greek myth of Leda and the Swan on ...