Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces) are twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. Their mother was Leda...
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Look up pollux in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pollux may refer to: Julius Pollux, also known as Ioulios Poludeukes (2nd century A.D), a Greek rhetorician...
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Pollux is the brightest star in the constellation of Gemini. It has the Bayer designation β Geminorum, which is Latinised to Beta Geminorum and abbreviated...
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Castor and Pollux may refer to: Castor and Pollux, in Greek and Roman mythology, the twin sons of Lēda and Zeus/Tyndareus, who were transformed into the...
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Castor and Pollux, known as the Dioscuri in Greek mythology. It is known as a positive, mutable sign. In Babylonian astronomy, the stars Pollux and Castor...
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Pollux is a Castor-class patrol vessel of the Belgian Navy. Pollux was launched on 22 December 2014 at the Socarenam yard in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France....
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name is Latin for twins, and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. Its old astronomical symbol is (♊︎). Gemini lies between...
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Julius Pollux (Greek: Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης, Ioulios Polydeukes; fl. 2nd century) was a Greek scholar and rhetorician from Naucratis, Ancient Egypt. Emperor...
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USS Pollux or USNS Pollux has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Pollux (SP-2573), a cargo ship in commission...
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USNS Pollux (T-AK-290), later T-AKR-290, the fourth United States Navy ship of the name, is an Algol-class vehicle cargo ship that is currently maintained...
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Castor et Pollux (Castor and Pollux) is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau, first performed on 24 October 1737 by the Académie royale de musique at its...
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A+ Pollux is a 2002 film by Luc Pagès adapted from a novel by Philippe Jaenada, Le Chameau sauvage. It is a story of love over the most banal situations...
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Pollux Rock (57°7′S 26°47′W / 57.117°S 26.783°W / -57.117; -26.783) is the southern of a pair of large off-lying rocks south of Vindication Island,...
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Pollux may refer to: SS Pollux, a whaler and exploration ship later renamed SS Southern Cross (1886) SS Pollux (1883), a Swedish steamer USS Pollux (SP-2573)...
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Japanese fluvial sculpin (redirect from Cottus pollux)
The Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic...
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The Temple of Castor and Pollux (Italian: Tempio dei Dioscuri) is an ancient temple in the Roman Forum, Rome, Central Italy. It was originally built in...
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Iolaus pollux, the Pollux sapphire, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the...
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Pollux Peak is an 11,063-foot-elevation (3,372-meter) mountain summit located in Yellowstone National Park, in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The...
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Meisterstadt (redirect from Pollux Habibie Financial Center & International Hotel)
Meisterstadt, also known as Pollux Habibie, is a mixed real estate development at Batam Center, Batam, Riau Islands. The development consists of eleven...
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Pollux Nunatak (65°5′S 59°53′W / 65.083°S 59.883°W / -65.083; -59.883) is one of the Seal Nunataks, lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Robertson...
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Pollux (ポラックス) is a vertically scrolling shooter. It was developed by Dooyong and published by Atlus, released only in Asian arcades in 1991. As a part...
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Pollux b, formally named Thestias /ˈθɛstiəs/, is an exoplanet candidate orbiting the star Pollux approximately 34 light-years away in the constellation...
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Castor and Pollux were two elephants kept at the zoo Jardin des Plantes in Paris. They were killed and eaten, along with many other animals from the zoo...
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Dougal and the Blue Cat (redirect from Pollux et le Chat Blue)
Dougal and the Blue Cat (French: Pollux et le Chat Bleu) is a 1970 animated film based on The Magic Roundabout directed by Serge Danot. It was released...
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Bodoin (in French): Pollux / Flappy / Ambroise / Zébulon (1963–1966) Bernard Haller (in French): Pollux (1966) Christian Riehl: Pollux (1966–1990) Micheline...
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The Walter Pollux is a Czechoslovakian nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine, built by Walter Aircraft Engines for powering light aircraft and that...
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his team ambushing Troy, who is with his younger brother and accomplice, Pollux, on a remote desert airstrip. Troy goads Archer by saying he knows of a...
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and by him became the mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, Castor, and Pollux (also called "Polydeuces"). Leda also had three other daughters by Tyndareus:...
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Operation Pollux was a military operation during the First Indochina War by the French Union forces in northwest Vietnam in November and December 1953...
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Pollux Temple is a 6,251-foot-elevation (1,905-meter) summit in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated ten miles...
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