In Botany it is the name of a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Acanthaceae. In Greek mythology daughter of King Testi of Etolia. She was the wife of Tindáreo of Sparta and seduced by Zeus. Name of an asteroid and also of one of Jupiter's satellites. Name of a city in Belgium in the Flanders Region. It is also a woman's name of Greek origin and means lady, lady.
According to Greek mythology, the King of Esparta Tindáreo wife, seduced by Zeus with the appearance of a Swan when he walked alongside the river Eurotas. The scene has been captured in the art by many artists such as Tintoretto, Leonardo, Dalí, Matisse and many others. Ruben Dario, the brilliant Nicaraguan, also it evokes: " Is the Swan, of lineage sacred, / whose Kiss, by fields of silk, / amounted up to the cima pink / of the sweet hills of Leda. "
