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

The trope of twins ensnared with each other traces back to Castor and Pollux, Jacob and Esau, but she makes it fresh.

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022

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

The fairest woman in the world was Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda and the sister of Castor and Pollux.

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