Dioscuri

Dioscuri in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Διόσκουροι), that is, sons of Zeus, the well-known heroes, Castor and Pollux, or Polydeuces. The singular form Διόσκουρος, or Διόσκορος, occurs only in the writings of grammarians, and the Latins sometimes use Castores for the two brothers. (Plin. Nat. 10.43; Serv. ad Virg. Georg. 3.89; Hor. Carm. 3.29, 64.) According to the Homeric poems (Od...

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Dioscuri in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

Castor (pronounced /ˈkæstər/; Latin: Castōr; Greek: Κάστωρ, Kastōr, "beaver") and Pollux (/ˈpɒləks/; Latin: Pollūx) or Polydeuces (/ˌpɒlɨˈdjuːsiːz/; Greek: Πολυδεύκης, Poludeukēs, "much sweet wine"[1]) were twin brothers in Greek and Roman mythology and collectively known as the Dioskouroi. They were the sons of Leda by Tyndareus and Zeus resp...

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