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 (river) Leda (river) The Leda is a river in north-western Germany in the state of Lower Saxony. It is a right tributary of the Ems and originates at the confluence of the Sagter Ems and the Dreyschloot (a branch of the Soeste) near the town of Barßel. The Leda flows into the Ems near the town of Leer. On the southern bank of the Leda, in the "Overledingen Land" (Overledingen="country over the Leda"), opposite Leer, lies the small settlement of Kloster Muhde ("Muhde" from the Old Frisian "mutha" meaning "(river) mouth"). The total length of the river is ( including the