Polydeuces
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
Castor, tamer of horses, Polydeuces, good as a boxer.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
No wrong the vanquished suffered at thy hands, O Polydeuces; but he sware an oath, Calling his sire Poseidon from the depths, Ne'er to do violence to a stranger more.
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
All along the shore might be seen smoke rising from the altars of Poseidon, Æolus, Castor and Polydeuces, and the sea-green Sisters of the Deep.
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
Castor and Polydeuces were sons of Zeus and Leda, brothers of Helen, and half-brothers of Clytemnestra, whose father was the mortal Tyndareus.
From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Murray, Gilbert
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