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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 (or raped) Leda in the guise of a swan. [2]
5. Acts 28 is the twenty-eighth and final chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the journey of Paul from Malta to Italy until he is at last settled in Rome. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as ...
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 ...
Keren-happuch ( Hebrew: קֶרֶן הַפּוּךְ Qeren Hapūḵ, Hebrew pronunciation: [ˈqeren hapˈpux], "Horn of kohl ") was the youngest of the three beautiful daughters of Job, named in the Bible as given to him in the later part of his life, after God made Job prosperous again. Keren-happuch's older sisters are named as Jemima and ...
God Bless the U.S.A. Bible. The God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, also known as the Trump Bible, is an edition of the King James Version of the Christian Bible containing additional content specifically relating to the United States. The patriotic compilation was created by country music singer-songwriter Lee Greenwood and first published in 2021.
Gemini ( ♊︎) ( / ˈdʒɛmɪnaɪ / JEM-in-eye [ 2] Greek: Δίδυμοι, romanized : Dídymoi, Latin for "twins") is the third astrological sign in the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between about May 21 to June 21. [ 3] Gemini is represented by the twins, Castor and Pollux, [ 4] known as the Dioscuri in Greek ...
Clytemnestra was the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, the King and Queen of Sparta, making her a Spartan Princess. According to the myth, Zeus appeared to Leda in the form of a swan, seducing and impregnating her. Leda produced four offspring from two eggs: Castor and Clytemnestra from one egg, and Helen and Polydeuces (Pollux) from the other.
Julius Pollux (Greek: Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης, Ioulios Polydeukes; fl. 2nd century) was a Greek scholar and rhetorician from Naucratis, Ancient Egypt. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Emperor Commodus appointed him a professor-chair of rhetoric in Athens at the Academy — on account of his melodious voice, according to Philostratus ' Lives of ...