Editing Leda and the Swan (section)

==In literature==
[[File:Leda and the Swan by Jean-Leon Gerome.jpg|thumb|''Leda and the Swan'' by [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], 1895]]

Several references to the myth are presented in novels by [[Angela Carter]], including ''[[Nights at the Circus]]'' and ''[[The Magic Toyshop]]''. In the latter novel, the myth is brought to life in the form of a performance in which a frightened young girl is forced to act as Leda in accompaniment with a large mechanical swan.

The myth is also mentioned in [[Richard Yates (novelist)|Richard Yates]]' 1962 novel ''[[Revolutionary Road]]''. The character Frank Wheeler, married to April Wheeler, after having had sex with an office secretary ponders what to say as he is leaving: "Did the swan apologize to Leda? Did an eagle apologize? Did a lion apologize? Hell no!"<ref>Third Vintage Contemporaries Edition, 2008, pg106</ref>

In [[J. K. Rowling|Robert Galbraith]]'s 2020 novel, ''[[Troubled Blood]]'', one of the main characters, Robin Ellacott, visits a painting gallery where she sees a painting of Leda and the swan done by one character who is an artist in the novel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Troubled Blood {{!}} Latest Crime Novel By Robert Galbraith |url=https://robert-galbraith.com/stories/troubled-blood/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=robert-galbraith.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> Furthermore, the other protagonist of the Strike series, the eponymous detective Cormoran Strike, was born to a mother named Leda and swans appear in several of the novels.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Lindsay |title=Swans |url=https://thesefilespod.com/blog/swans-part-1/ |access-date=February 22, 2024 |website=The Strike and Ellacot Files|date=9 June 2022 }}</ref>