Dioscuri
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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At its base are the colossal statues found in the baths of Constantine, of the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux reining in their horses.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Like her brothers, the Dioscuri, she was a patron deity of sailors.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
With him is connected the old German Dioscuri myth of the Harlungen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
Innumerable different figures in Greek mythology are personifications of him, from Dionysus and Heracles to the Dioscuri and many heroes of myth.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
Where it were friendship's schism, Were not his Lucius long with us to tarry, To separate these twi- Lights, the Dioscuri; And keep the one half from his Harry.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
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