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Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces) 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 (or raped) Leda in the guise of a swan ...
Twins in mythology. A pair of early 20th-century female ere ibeji twin figures ( Children’s Museum of Indianapolis) Twins appear in the mythologies of many cultures around the world. [1] In some cultures they are seen as ominous, and in others they are seen as auspicious. [2] [3] Twins in mythology are often cast as two halves of the same ...
495 BC. The Temple of Castor and Pollux ( Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, Central Italy. [1] It was originally built in gratitude for victory at the Battle of Lake Regillus (495 BC). Castor and Pollux (Greek Polydeuces) were the Dioscuri, the "twins" of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus ( Jupiter) and Leda.
The "Barbie" star said his legal name, John William Ferrell, led to an "embarrassing" experience growing up, which he recalled on the July 9 episode of Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler's ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that more than 200,000 people in the U.S. have lupus, though the Lupus Foundation of America puts the total much higher: roughly 1.5 ...
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July 10, 2024 at 5:47 AM. A man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by stuffing them into his pants, according to the country’s customs authority. Customs ...
Pollux b, formally named Thestias / ˈ θ ɛ s t i ə s /, is an exoplanet candidate orbiting the star Pollux approximately 34 light-years away in the constellation of Gemini (the Twins). It is also designated β Geminorum b ( Latinized to Beta Geminorum b, abbreviated β Gem b) or HD 62509 b.