Amphion and Zethus fit of madness and became a nightingale. After the deaths of Amphion and Zethus, Laius returned to Thebes and became king. Compare with Castor and Polydeuces (the Dioscuri) of Greece, and with Romulus and Remus of Rome. Plato, "Gorgias", 485e. Amphion and Zethus Amphion () and Zethus (, "Zēthos") were, in ancient Greek mythology, the twin sons of Zeus (or Theobus) by Antiope. They are important characters in one of the two founding myths of the city of Thebes, because they constructed the city's walls. Amphion and Zethus were the sons of Antiope, who fled in shame to Sicyon after
Leda (mythology) by creating the constellation Cygnus (Κύκνος), the Swan, in the sky. Leda and the swan and Leda and the egg were popular subjects in ancient art. In the post-classical arts, it became a potent source of inspiration. It is the subject of William Butler Yeats' poem Leda and the Swan. She is also the main subject in Honoré Desmond Sharrer's "Leda & the Folks", a large painting focusing as well on the parents of entertainer Elvis Presley and currently located at the Smith College Museum of Art. Leda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Leda (; Ancient Greek: Λήδα ) was an