In Greco-Roman mythology the god Zeus and the queen Leda produced the dioscuri, known in Greek mythology as Kastor and Polydeukes or Castor and Pollux in Roman mythology.

Their mother was Leda, but Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and Pollux the divine son of Zeus, who visited Leda in the guise of a swan.

When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together, and they were transformed into the constellation Gemini.

# Pollux ( son of Zeus )

According to the usual version, from one egg, Polydeuces ( Pollux ) and Helen were the children of Zeus ; from the other, Castor and Clytemnestra were the children of Tyndareus.

Poems are also addressed to his own heart or spirit, and deities such as Zeus, Apollo, Artemis, Castor and Pollux, Eros, Ploutos, the Muses and Graces.

According to legend, Itri's origins appear to coincide with the destruction of Amyclae, a maritime city founded by the twin sons of Zeus, Castor and Pollux, whose Spartan followers clashed with Aeneas.

In Greek mythology, Polydeuces is another name for Pollux, twin brother of Castor, son of Zeus and Leda.

Castor and Pollux ( Greek Polydeuces ) were the Dioscuri, the " twins " of Gemini, the twin sons of Zeus ( Jupiter ) and Leda.

Simonides embellished his ode with so many references to the twins Castor and Pollux ( heroic archetypes of the boxer ) that Scopas told him to collect half the commissioned fee from them — he would only pay the other half.

The tale traditionally told of him is that when Castor and Pollux invaded Attica to liberate their sister Helen, he betrayed to them that she was kept concealed at Aphidnae.

He indicates that he wants the crew of Enterprise to settle Pollux IV, to serve and worship him as their god, which Kirk instantly refuses.

Once dismounted, Pollux charges Sejanus, but the Prefect defeats and kills Pollux easily, turning him into an undead minion, and Castor is forced to fight his brother, while Sejanus then proceeds to battle the Spartan and Electra.

Has her life saved by Pollux and slowly develops feelings for him.

In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux share a bond so strong that when Castor dies, Pollux gives up half of his immortality to be with his brother.

Its low reliefs depict and label by name several Roman deities such as Jupiter, Vulcan, and Castor and Pollux, along with Gallic deities such as Esus, Smertrios, and Tarvos Trigaranus.

The cap implies ennobling effects, as seen in its association with Homer ’ s Ulysses and the mythical twins, Castor and Pollux.

In his work Germania, Tacitus records the veneration of the Alcis, whom he identifies with Castor and Pollux.

Pollux is a giant orange K star that makes an interesting color contrast with its white " twin ", Castor.

The First Vatican Mythographer introduces the notion that two eggs came from the union: one containing Castor and Pollux ; one with Helen and Clytemnestra.

During the contest, Castor and Pollux had a prominent role in dealing with the suitors, although the final decision was in the hands of Tyndareus.

In the French version, Pollux is a British character who speaks somewhat broken French with an outrageous English accent as a result of Ivor Wood's role as co-creator.

French soundtrack recordings were also issued in France in the 60s on three EPs and again on an LP ' Pollux ' in 1983 along with an original single ' C ' est moi Pollux '.

Roman sarcophagus with Castor and Pollux seizing Phoebe and Hilaeira, ca.

As a result, the membership and roles of the Cabeiri changed significantly over time, with common variants including a female pair ( Axierus and Axiocersa ) and twin youths who were frequently confused with Castor and Pollux, who were also worshiped as protectors of sailors.

The 5th century BC witnessed the construction of the earliest Forum temples with known dates of construction: the Temple of Saturn ( 497 BC ) and the Temple of Castor and Pollux ( 484 BC ).

Their consummation, on the same night as Leda lay with her husband Tyndareus, resulted in two eggs from which hatched Helen ( later known as the beautiful " Helen of Troy "), Clytemnestra, and Castor and Pollux ( also known as the Dioscuri ( Διόσκουροι ).

For instance, both Orfeo and the 1737 version of Castor et Pollux open with the funeral of one of the leading characters who later comes back to life.

Hector Berlioz investigated Castor et Pollux and particularly admired the aria " Tristes apprêts ," but " whereas the modern listener readily perceives the common ground with Berlioz ' music, he himself was more conscious of the gap which separated them.

At first he declined a post in which the duty as to be shared with a Presbyterian, or, as he expressed it, where a Presbyterian and myself shall be like Castor and Pollux, the one up and the other down, and to which also a very meagre salary was attached.

A number of his paintings were taken to Rome ( including Aphrodite Anadyomene ) and placed there on public display ; in two compositions featuring portraits of Alexander ( Castor and Pollux with Victory and Alexander the Great, and The Figure of War with his Hands Tied Behind Him Following the Triumphal Chariot of Alexander ) the Emperor Claudius later had Alexander's face replaced with that of his grandfather Augustus.

It is also one of the most luminous quasars known, with an absolute magnitude of − 26. 7, meaning that if it was only as distant as Pollux (~ 10 parsecs ) it would appear nearly as bright in the sky as the Sun.

* 13 ( Ides ): festival of Diana on the Aventine ( Nemoralia ), with slaves given the day off to attend ; other deities honored at their temples include Vortumnus, Fortuna Equestris, Hercules Victor ( or Invictus at the Porta Trigemina ), Castor and Pollux, the Camenae, and Flora

The association of Cor with horses, and his twin brother Corin with boxing, recalls the traditional associations of the Spartan twins Castor and Pollux of Greek mythology.

Archer learns of Castor's brother, Pollux ( Alessandro Nivola ), making arrangements for a private jet, and sets a trap to capture both Castor and Pollux.

* Pollux is Castor's twin brother and is one of Sparta's best swordsmen.

According to legend, Castor and Pollux announced to one of their ancestors the victory of the Romans over the Latins at the battle of Lake Regillus, and, to confirm the truth of what they had just said, they stroked his black hair and beard, which immediately became red.

Ptolemy described Arcturus as subrufa " slightly red ", and it has a B-V color index of + 1. 23, roughly midway between Pollux ( B-V + 1. 00 ) and Aldebaran ( B-V + 1. 54 ).

Ruins of the temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum Romanum.

The Temple of Castor and Pollux on the Forum was linked directly to the Imperial residence on the Palatine and dedicated to Caligula.

As of early 2011 about 30 Jupiter class planets had been found around K-giant stars including Pollux, Gamma Cephei and Iota Draconis.

One of the most obvious examples is the recurrent depiction of twins such as the Indic Asvins ' horsemen ,' the Greek horsemen Castor and Pollux, the legendary Anglo-Saxon settlers Horsa and Hengist [...] or the Irish twins of Macha, born after she had completed a horse race.

The group of heroes included the Boreads ( sons of Boreas, the North Wind ) who could fly, Heracles, Philoctetes, Peleus, Telamon, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, Atalanta, and Euphemus.

611, 37 ; Pollux 9, 83 ); by Ted Hughes in Tales from Ovid ; by Carol Ann Duffy in " Mrs. Midas " from The World's Wife ; and by Nathaniel Hawthorne in " The Golden Touch " from A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys.

In front lies the sloping Piazza del Quirinale where the pair of gigantic Roman marble " Horse Tamers " representing Castor and Pollux, found in the Baths of Constantine, were re-erected in 1588.

Pollux is the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, despite its Beta designation, and the 17th brightest in the sky.

Evidence has been found for a hot, outer, magnetically supported corona around Pollux, and the star is known to be an X-ray emitter.

Temples dedicated to Hephaestus, Heracles and Asclepius were also constructed in the sacred area, which includes a sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone ( formerly known as the Temple of Castor and Pollux ); the marks of the fires set by the Carthaginians in 406 BC can still be seen on the sanctuary's stones.

* Pollux Gamelabs, a Danish game development company.

* Julius Pollux, also known as Ioulios Poludeukes ( 2nd century A. D ), a Greek rhetorician

* was known as Pollux in 1994-1995.

The twin teenage boys, Castor and Pollux, buy used bicycles to sell on Mars, their first stop, where they run afoul of import regulations and are freed by their grandmother Hazel Stone.

Hazel, Castor, and Pollux reappear in The Number of the Beast and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.