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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. Their mother was...
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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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    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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    constellations today. Its name is Latin for twins, and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. Its old astronomical symbol...
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    star's Bayer designation. The traditional name Pollux refers to the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek and Roman mythology. In 2016, the International Astronomical...
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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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  • twins Castor and Pollux in Greco-Roman mythology Castor or CASTOR may also refer to: Castor (rocket stage), a family of solid-fuel rocket stages Castor (software)...
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    constellation, it is fainter than 'β' (beta) Geminorum, Pollux. Hierarchy of orbits in the Castor system Castor is a multiple star system made up of six individual...
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    Helen of Troy (category Articles having different image on Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    have been the daughter of Zeus and Leda, and was the sister of Clytemnestra, Castor and Pollux, Philonoe, Phoebe and Timandra. She was married to King...
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    The Castor and Pollux group (also known as the San Ildefonso Group, after San Ildefonso in Segovia, Spain, the location of the palace of La Granja at...
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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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    Castor and Pollux share a bond so strong that when mortal Castor dies, Pollux gives up half of his immortality to be with his brother. Castor and Pollux...
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  • Face/Off (redirect from Castor Troy)
    Archer Castor Troy as Sean Nicolas Cage in a dual role as Castor Troy Sean Archer as Castor Joan Allen as Eve Archer Alessandro Nivola as Pollux Troy Gina...
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    Clytemnestra, Castor, and Pollux (also called "Polydeuces"). Leda also had three other daughters by Tyndareus: Timandra, Phoebe, and Philonoe. Leda was...
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    refers to the two brightest stars in the constellation of Gemini: Castor and Pollux. Punarvasu extends from 20 degrees 00 minutes of Mithun (Gemini) to...
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    The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (category Castor and Pollux)
    painting depicts the mortal Castor and the immortal Pollux abducting Phoebe and Hilaeira, daughters of Leucippus of Messenia. Castor the horse-tamer is recognisable...
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    in the Roman forum. It was here in Roman legend that the deities Castor and Pollux watered their horses after bringing news of the Roman victory at the...
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    Temple of Castor and Pollux into an entry vestibule. Although only scant traces have been left of this extension, the remains of masonry and a large rectangular...
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  • free dictionary. Kastor may refer to: Castor and Pollux, twin brothers in Greek and Roman mythology Kastor und Pollux, a complex of two towers in Frankfurt...
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    and whose diet centered on trout (lake trout and Arctic char), whitefish, and caribou. In 1834 George Back followed the Back River to its mouth and explored...
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    the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, the Temple of Vesta, the steps and foundation of the Temple of Castor and Pollux, and the Regia. The Conservators...
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    Zeus (category Articles having different image on Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    Greek gods Agetor Ambulia – Spartan epithet used for Athena, Zeus, and Castor and Pollux Hetairideia – Thessalian Festival to Zeus Temple of Zeus, Olympia...
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    seducing and impregnating her. Leda produced four offspring from two eggs: Castor and Clytemnestra from one egg, and Helen and Polydeuces (Pollux) from the...
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    fierce and bloody, and the outcome is only decided when the twin gods Castor and Pollux descend to the battlefield on the side of Rome. So spake he; and was...
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  • Superfecundation (category Castor and Pollux)
    by Zeus. This happens again; this time Leda bears two sons: Castor by Tyndareus and Pollux by Zeus. Alcmene lies with Zeus, who is disguised as her husband...
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    Piazza del Campidoglio (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors)
    statues of the Dioscuri, the marble renditions of Castor and Pollux, from the Temple of Castor and Pollux, and two statues of marble weapons from the it:Ninfeo...
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    Valle dei Templi (category Buildings and structures in the Province of Agrigento)
    It is characterized by the use of large scale atlases. Temple of Castor and Pollux. Despite its remains including only four columns, it is now the symbol...
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  • Pleiades) Rohinī (Aldebaran) Mrigashīrsha Ārdrā (Betelgeuse) Punarvasu (Castor and Pollux) Pushya Asleshā Maghā (Regulus) Purva Phalguni Uttara Phalguni (Denebola)...
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  • century A.D), a Greek rhetorician Pollux (mythology) or Polydeuces, one of the Dioscuri and twin brother of Castor Pollux (star), the brightest star in the...
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