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== Genealogy == {{More citations needed section|date=March 2024}} {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |+<big>Comparative table of Leda's family</big> ! rowspan="2" |Relation ! rowspan="2" |Name ! colspan="19" |Sources |- |''Hom.'' | colspan="2" |''Hom. Hymns'' |''Eum.'' |''Alc.'' |''Pher.'' |''Aes.'' | colspan="2" |''Eur.'' |''Sch. on Apollon.'' |''Dio.'' |''Str.'' |''Dic.'' | colspan="2" |''Apollod.'' |''Hyg.'' |''Luc.'' |''Clement'' |''Fulgentius'' |- | rowspan="7" |''Parentage'' |Thestius and Laophonte | | colspan="2" | | |β |β | | colspan="2" | |β | | | | colspan="2" | | | |β | |- |Thestius and Deidameia | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | |β | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | |- |Thestius and Eurythemis | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" |β | | | | |- |Thestius and Leucippe | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | |β<ref>Leda's and Hypermnestra's mother might be Leucippe as well because there was no other woman mentioned as the wife of Thestius other than Leucippe in this text.</ref> | | | |- |Glaucus and Laophonte | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | |β | |- |Sisyphus and Panteiduia | | colspan="2" | |β | | | | colspan="2" | |β | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | |- |Thestius | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" |β | | |β | | colspan="2" | | | | | |- | rowspan="6" |''Siblings'' |Iphiclus | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | |β | | | | colspan="2" |β |β | | | |- |Althaea | | colspan="2" | | |β |β | | colspan="2" | |β | | | | colspan="2" |β |β | | | |- |Plexippus | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" |β | | | | |- |Eurypylus | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" |β | | | | |- |Evippus | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" |β | | | | |- |Hypermnestra | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" | | | | | | colspan="2" |β |β | | | |- |''Seducer (disguised)'' |Zeus | |β | | | | | |β | |β |β | | |β | |β | |β |β |- |''Consort'' |Tyndareus |β | |β | | | |β | |β |β | |β |β | |β | | | | |- | rowspan="7" |''Children'' |Castor |β |β | | | | | |β |β |β | | | |β | | |β<ref name=":1">''Though unnamed but certainly pertained to him''</ref> |β |β |- |Polydeuces |β |β | | | | | |β |β |β | | | |β |β | |β<ref name=":1" /> |β |β |- |Helen | | | | | | | |β | | |β | |β |β | |β |β<ref>''Though unnamed but certainly pertained to her''</ref> |β |β |- |Clytemnestra | | | | | | |β | |β | | | | | |β | | | | |- |Timandra | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |β | | | | |- |Phoebe | | | | | | | | |β | | | | | |β | | | | |- |Philonoe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |β | | | | |} {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" |- ! Name ! Relation !Name !Relation |- | [[Epicaste]] | Great-grandmother (Demonice's mother) |Iphiclus |Brother |- | [[Agenor (son of Pleuron)|Agenor]] | Great-grandfather (Demonice's father) |[[Helen of Troy]] |Daughter/great aunt (Ares' sister) |- | [[Zeus]] | Lover/great-grandfather (Ares' father) |[[Clytemnestra]] |Daughter |- | [[Hera]] | Great-grandmother (Ares' mother) |[[Castor and Pollux|Pollux]] |Son/great uncle (Ares' brother) |- | [[Ares]] | Grandfather (Thestius's father) |[[Timandra (mythology)|Timandra]] |Daughter |- | [[Demonice]] | Grandmother (Thestius' mother) |[[Philonoe]] |Daughter |- | [[Cleoboea]] | Grandmother (Eurythemis' mother) |[[Castor and Pollux|Castor]] |Son/great uncle (Ares' brother) |- | [[Thestius]] | Father |Phoebe |Daughter |- | [[Eurythemis]] | Mother |Ladocus |Grandson (Timandra's son) |- | [[Evenus (mythology)|Evenus]] | Uncle |[[Iphigenia]] |Granddaughter (Clytemnestra's daughter) |- | Molus | Uncle |[[Aletes (son of Aegisthus)|Aletes]] |Grandson (Clytemnestra's son) |- | Pylus | Uncle |[[Orestes]] |Grandson (Clytemnestra's son) |- | [[Marpessa]] | Cousin (Evenus' daughter) |[[Erigone (daughter of Aegisthus)|Erigone]] |Granddaughter (Clytemnestra's daughter) |- | [[Tyndareus]] | Husband/Second-Cousin (Zeus's Great-Grandson) |[[Hermione (mythology)|Hermione]] |Granddaughter/first cousin once removed (Helen's daughter) |- | [[Althaea (mythology)|Althaea]] | Sister |[[Nicostratus (mythology)|Nicostratus]] |Grandson/first cousin once removed (Helen's son) |- | [[Eurypylus]] | Brother |[[Electra]] |Granddaughter (Clytemnestra's daughter) |- | [[Hypermnestra (daughter of Thestius)|Hypermnestra]] | Sister |[[Anaxias]] |Grandson (Castor's son) |- | [[Plexippus]] | Brother |Mnasinus |Grandson/first cousin once removed (Pollux's son) |- | [[Toxeus]] | Brother | | |}
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