Polydeuces
Americannoun
noun
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Castor, tamer of horses, Polydeuces, good as a boxer.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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There was no way I was going to remember the difference between Chiron and Charon, or Polydictes and Polydeuces.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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Well! they were two stars, you know, at their original birth in men's minds, Gemini, virginal fresh stars of dawn, rising and setting alternately—those two half-earthly, half-celestial brothers, one of whom, Polydeuces, was immortal.
From Plato and Platonism by Pater, Walter
Then Polydeuces at once ended the combat by a right-hand blow on the temple.
From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew
They came once more together, the heroes of the quest, to hunt a boar in Calydon—Jason and Peleus came, Telamon, Theseus, and rough Arcas, Nestor and Helen's brothers Polydeuces and Castor.
From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic
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