Pollux
Americannoun
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Greek Polydeuces. Classical Mythology. the brother of Castor.
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Astronomy. a first-magnitude star in the constellation Gemini.
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the brightest star in the constellation Gemini, lying close to the star Castor. Visual magnitude: 1.15; spectral type: K0III; distance: 34 light years See also Castor
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classical myth See Castor and Pollux
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Pollux, one of the two bright stars marking the head of Gemini, is brighter than Fomalhaut yet orange in color.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
David Atkins is a contributor to the Washington Monthly's Political Animal and president of the Pollux Group, a qualitative research firm.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2022
But unlike Salonen’s moody Pollux and frenzied Castor, Partch applied the pleasure principle.
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
But in all the stories they play an unimportant part except in the account of Castor’s death, when Pollux proved his brotherly devotion.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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