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Castor [a] and Pollux [b] (or Polydeuces) [c] are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. [d]Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. [2]
Castor's torso is represented by the star τ Gem, Castor's left hand by ι Gem (which he shares with Pollux), Castor's right hand by θ Gem; all three of these stars are of the fourth magnitude. Castor's pelvis is represented by the star ε Gem , Castor's left foot by ν Gem , and Castor's right foot by μ Gem and η Gem ; ε, μ, and η Gem ...
Size comparison of Pollux (left) and the Sun (right) At an apparent visual magnitude of 1.14, [28] Pollux is the brightest star in its constellation, even brighter than its neighbor Castor (α Geminorum). Pollux is 6.7 degrees north of the ecliptic, presently too far north to be occulted by the Moon. The last lunar occultation visible from ...
Nevertheless, the same author earlier states that Helen, Castor and Pollux were produced from a single egg. [30] Fabius Planciades Fulgentius also states that Helen, Castor and Pollux are born from the same egg. [31] Pseudo-Apollodorus states that Leda had intercourse with both Zeus and Tyndareus the night she conceived Helen. [32]
Articles relating to Castor and Pollux, their cult, and their depictions.Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who raped Leda in the guise of a swan.
The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers"—often identified as Castor and Pollux—have stood since antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine on the Quirinal Hill, Rome. Napoleon 's agents wanted to include them among the classical booty removed from Rome after the 1797 Treaty of Tolentino , but they were too large to be buried or ...
Castor and Pollux (269 tons) was a British ship built at Teignmouth in 1790 Castor and Pollux Troy, characters in the 1997 film Face/Off Castor & Pollux Natural Petworks, an American company founded in 1999 that manufactures organic and natural foods for cats and dogs
Castor (Italian: Castore) is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the higher of a pair of twin peaks ( German : Zwillinge ), the other being Pollux , named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology .