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Dioscuri

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Dioscuri: see Castor and Pollux Castor and Pollux (pŏl`əks)
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Dioscuri

 or Castor and Pollux

(from Greek dioskouroi, “sons of Zeus”) Twin gods of ancient Greece and Rome. They aided shipwrecked sailors and accepted sacrifices for favorable winds. Castor was mortal and Pollux was immortal; when Castor was killed, Pollux disowned his immortality to join his brother. Zeus later changed them into the constellation Gemini. They were believed to have aided the Romans in an important battle early in their history, and a temple in their honour was built in the Roman Forum.

Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux)
Spartan brothers. [Gk. Myth.: Avery, 408; Leach, 314]
See : Twins
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such as were the Dioscuri, but, on Hesiod's testimony, double in form and with two bodies and joined to one another.
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