Polydeuces
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Castor, tamer of horses, Polydeuces, good as a boxer.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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
Then Polydeuces at once ended the combat by a right-hand blow on the temple.
From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew
Only in a passage, possibly interpolated, of the Odyssey, do we hear that Castor and Polydeuces, brothers of Helen, and sons of Tyndareus, through the favour of Zeus have immortality, and receive divine honours.
From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew
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
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