Castor and Pollux

American  

plural noun

Classical Mythology.

1. twin sons of Leda and brothers of Helen, famous for their fraternal affection and regarded as the protectors of persons at sea.

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Castor and Pollux British  

noun

1. classical myth the twin sons of Leda: Pollux was fathered by Zeus, Castor by the mortal Tyndareus. After Castor's death, Pollux spent half his days with his half-brother in Hades and half with the gods in Olympus

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Example Sentences

Early in the month, the Red Planet passes below the stars Castor and Pollux.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2023

A decade later, Partch, more optimistic, turned to the mythological twins, Castor and Pollux.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2019

There are variations to the myth; one holds that Helen, blamed for the Trojan War, and the twins Castor and Pollux were hatched from two eggs from these unions.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2018

They were found in a drain that ran to a taberna, a small shop nestled in the platform of the Temple of Castor and Pollux after it was rebuilt following a fire in 14 BC.

From Forbes • May 21, 2015

He showed up as promised, and delivered his panegyric—but in the course of it, he included a decorative digression, as might have been quite normal practice, in praise of the twin demigods Castor and Pollux.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith