🏺Leda and the Swan

 🏺The Unveiling of Leda: Pompeii's Erotic Masterpiece🦢🔥🏛️

🖼️ A stunning fresco depicting the myth of Leda and the Swan has been recovered during ongoing excavations in Pompeii. Unseen since the city was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, the beautifully preserved artwork decorated a bedroom (cubiculum) wall within a wealthy ancient home   "House of Leda" along Via del Vesuvio , marking an extraordinary cultural rediscovery nearly 2,000 years later.

👑 The sensual scene depicts the Spartan queen Leda with the god Jupiter (Zeus in Greek mythology), who has transformed into a swan to seduce her.

⭐ Curiosity : What makes this specific depiction exceptional is Leda's face. The Spartan queen is painted with an oblique, sensual gaze that seems to be directed directly at the person entering the cubiculum (bedroom).

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