The Poems of W.B. Yeats: Leda and the Swan Glossary

By Via Romano · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed September 29, 2017

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Written by Via Romano

Agamemnon

The king of Mycenae who was killed by his wife Clytemnestra, the daughter of Leda, and her lover.

Engenders

Begets or sires children.

Indifferent

Uncaring.

Loins

Region of the sexual organs.

Nape

The back of someone's neck.

Webs

The webbed feet of the swan.

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