Castor And Pollux

Yet the two grew inseparable and were united by the strongest of bonds. They were never known to be apart and every adventure they embarked upon was done together.

In Greek mythology, Castor and Pollux were the offspring of Leda and the Swan, as Zeus had disguised himself. Leda gave birth to an egg from which sprang the twins. Various stories state that the twins had different fathers; Pollux was the offspring of Zeus, or Jupiter, and Castor was the child of Leda's mortal husband, King Tyndareus of Sparta. Therefore, Castor is mortal and Pollux is immortal. Some say that the twins each wear half of the egg in honor of their being hatched instead of born. They received divine honors under the name Dioscuri, which directly translates to sons of Jove (Bulfinch 1).

Castor and Pollux were significantly important to the Romans. THEIR IMPORTANCE>>>>>>>>>By the Roman era their importance as lesser divinities had increased beyond that which it had played in Ancient Greece, as Kastor and Polydeukes, the Dioskouroi. Some form of twin gods is found in nearly every polytheistic religion. The Dioscuri represent, in their simplest fo

Some topics in this essay:
Castor Pollux, Hades Zeus, Golden Fleece, Sparta Castor, Polydeukes Dioskouroi, , Lake Regillus, Swan Zeus, Athens Theseus, Hades Rose, castor pollux, bulfinch 1, pollux offspring, athens theseus,