Dioscuri
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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On the former supposition, the figure called above Leucothea has been interpreted as Leto with Apollo and Artemis; as Leda with the Dioscuri; or as Fostering Earth, Γῆ Κουροτρόφος, with children.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith
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
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 Andrew Lang
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 Raymond MacDonald Alden
Under the common shadow of death, the resemblance between the "Dioscuri" was more striking and touching than ever.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 by Felix Dahn
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