twin half-brothers in Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor...

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...

21. Gemini is represented by the twins, Castor and Pollux, known as the Dioscuri in Greek mythology. It is known as a positive, mutable sign. In Babylonian...

The Fontana dei Dioscuri is the fountain set opposite the Palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic in the...

World War I, the term Dioscuri was used to refer to the OHL duo of Erich Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg, after the Dioscuri of Greek mythology. These...

Messenians, Idas and Lynceus took the cattle with them to Messene. The Dioscuri however, feeling cheated out, marched against Messene, and took the cattle...

the son of Polydeuces, one of the Dioscuri, and Phoebe, daughter of Leucippus of Messenia. The temple of the Dioscuri at Argos contained also the statues...

Hellenistic entablature was added. North of Temple L is the "Temple of the Dioscuri," Castor and Pollux, the northwest corner of which is in a misleading modern...

Medieval. 27: 317–337. Bianchi, U. "I Dioscuri: una versione della coppia divina". In: Il senso del culto dei Dioscuri in Italia. Atti del Convegno svoltosi...

sculptural groups by Publio Morbiducci and Alberto de Felci, representing the Dioscuri, the two mythical Greek heroes, sons of Zeus and Leda. Around the base...

of symphonic black metal band Stormlord, would be joining Cain. 2005: Dioscuri Aurea Sæcula (demo) 2007: Triumvira Lord Alexander (Alessandro Nunziati)...

of Eritrea (disputed) (1935–2015) Castor and Polydeuces, known as the Dioscuri in Greek mythology This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

Coin showing Eucratides I of Bactria and the Dioscuri...

Menelaus and Helen. Pindar cites the place as one of the places where the Dioscuri resided. In Therapne there was also a fountain called Meseida and another...

Andromeda after killing Cetus, 1st century AD fresco from the Casa Dei Dioscuri, Pompeii Perseus and Andromeda, 50 AD, fresco from the Casa del Principe...

half of his immortality to be with his brother. Castor and Pollux are the Dioscuri twin brothers. Their mother is Leda, a being who was seduced by Zeus who...

Silphium appears in Pausanias' Description of Greece in a story of the Dioscuri staying at a house belonging to Phormion, a Spartan: For it so happened...

take charge of the cults of the gods at Tusculum, and especially of the Dioscuri, the citizens resident there were neither numerous nor men of distinction...

and private ritual nudity. This period saw the rise of the Gruppo dei Dioscuri in cities like Rome, Naples, and Messina, which published a series of four...

appears as Dioskouridou (Διοσκουρίδου νῆσος), meaning "the island of the Dioscuri" in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a first-century CE Greek navigation...

inscription ("far from home") indicates, the twins are cited here as the Dioscuri, helpers at voyages such as Castor and Polydeuces. Their descent from the...

with Theseus's mother, Aethra at Aphidna, whence she was rescued by the Dioscuri. On Pirithous's behalf they rather unwisely traveled to the underworld...

natural light phenomenon (especially St. Elmo's fire) and sister of the Dioscuri, the other a vegetation goddess worshiped in Therapne as Ἑλένα Δενδρῖτις...

to: Castor (star), a star in the Gemini constellation Castor, one of the Dioscuri/Gemini twins Castor and Pollux in Greco-Roman mythology Castor or CASTOR...

progeny of Podarge were Phlogeus and Harpagos, horses given by Hermes to the Dioscuri, who competed for the chariot-race in celebration of the funeral games...

(Βολίνα), a mortal woman transformed into an immortal nymph by Apollo The Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι), divine twins Castor (Κάστωρ) Pollux (Πολυδεύκης) Endymion...

Righteous', first fathered seven sons equated with the Greek Cabeiri or Dioscuri, no mother named, and then afterwards fathered an eighth son by one of...

toga “capite velato” and holding a sickle (fresco from the House of the Dioscuri at Pompeii, Naples Archaeological Museum) Major cult center Temple of Saturn...

Ἀνώγων means 'command, exhortation') was the son of Castor, one of the Dioscuri, and Hilaeira, daughter of Leucippus of Messenia. He was also called Anaxias...

century B.C.) Greece. Pilos caps often identify the mythical twins, or Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, as represented in sculptures, bas-reliefs and on ancient...