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Castor and Pollux

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Greek mythical siblings

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For which reason he was both highly honored during his life by Castor and Pollux, and the Lacedaemonians, when often in after times they made excursions into Attica, and destroyed all the country round about, spared the Academy for the sake of Academus.
Plutarch, The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch
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And Alycus, upon Aphidna's plain By Theseus in the cause of Helen slain. Though it is not at all probable that Theseus himself was there when both the city and his mother were taken. Aphidnae being won by Castor and Pollux, and the city of Athens being in consternation, Menestheus persuaded the people to open their gates, and receive them with all manner of friendship, for they were, he told them, at enmity with…
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In the time of the _Argonautic_ expedition _Castor_ and _Pollux_ were beardless young men, and their sisters _Helena_ and _Clytemnestra_ were children, and their wives _Phœbe_ and _Ilaira_ were also very young: all these, with the _Argonauts_ _Lynceus_ and _Idas_, were the grandchildren of _Gorgophone_, the daughter of _Perseus_, the son of _Danae_, the daughter of _Acrisius_ and _Eurydice_; and _Perieres_ and…
Isaac Newton, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended
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Philosophers who discussed Castor and Pollux

Xenophanes

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