Polydeuces

American

[pol-i-doo-seez, -dyoo-] / ˌpɒl ɪˈdu siz, -ˈdyu- /

noun

Greek name of Pollux.

Polydeuces British

/ ˌpɒlɪˈdjuːsiːz /

noun

the Greek name of Pollux See Castor and Pollux

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Castor, tamer of horses, Polydeuces, good as a boxer.

From Literature

There was no way I was going to remember the difference between Chiron and Charon, or Polydictes and Polydeuces.

From Literature

“Offer us no violence, king,” said Polydeuces.

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The Argonauts feared that Polydeuces’ hands might have been made numb with pulling at the oar, and some of them went to him, and took his hands and rubbed them to make them supple; others took from off his shoulders his beautifully colored mantle.

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“You see,” said Polydeuces, “that we keep your law.”

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