Note to The Taming of the Shrew, 1.2.242: "Fair Leda's daughter"


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The Taming of the Shrew,
Act 1, Scene 2, line 242.
"Fair Leda's daughter" was Helen of Troy, considered the most beautiful woman in the world. She was the daughter of the god Zeus who came to the human Leda in the form of a swan.

Elizabeth Taylor as Helen of Troy