Leda and the Swan (Peter Paul Rubens) either Zeus or Tyndareus, each man is said to be the father of all four children. Castor and Pollux were called the Dioscuri meaning “Zeus’s sons,” even though Castor was mortal because he was the son of Tyndareus and Pollux was immortal because he was the son of Zeus. According to Hermes in Lucians’ "The Dialogues of the Dead", Leda and her daughter (Helen of Troy) are the only women worthy of the title “beauties of old.” Rubens’s depictions of Leda clearly embody the phrase. With Leda’s curvy figure, alabaster skin, and golden hair, she is a sight to behold.
Leda Rafanelli archives, the Camillo Berneri Family Fund. The archive, based in Reggio Emilia, presents the complete collection of all the works and autobiographical writings of Rafanelli, for which a Leda Rafanelli Fund was specifically established. Leda Rafanelli Leda Rafanelli (1880 - 1971) was an Italian publisher and poet who converted to anarchism and Islam at age twenty. Her prolific work addressed individualism, futurism, religion and "feminility" among other topics. As an adolescent, Leda showed obvious talent at writing. Her poem, "Le gomene", was published by Filippo Turati in the newspaper of the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). At a very young age