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Polydeuces

American  
[pol-i-doo-seez, -dyoo-] / ˌpɒl ɪˈdu siz, -ˈdyu- /

noun

  1. Greek name of Pollux.


Polydeuces British  
/ ˌpɒlɪˈdjuːsiːz /

noun

  1. the Greek name of Pollux See Castor and Pollux

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There was no way I was going to remember the difference between Chiron and Charon, or Polydictes and Polydeuces.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Castor, tamer of horses, Polydeuces, good as a boxer.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

All along the shore might be seen smoke rising from the altars of Poseidon, Æolus, Castor and Polydeuces, and the sea-green Sisters of the Deep.

From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Child, Lydia Maria Francis

Castor and Polydeuces, call to thee, God's Horsemen and thy mother's brethren twain.

From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert

The Asvins correspond in Vedic mythology to the Dioscuri, the Castor and Polydeuces of Greece.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

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