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
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
First there was much manoeuvring, who should catch The sunlight on his rear: but thou didst foil, O Polydeuces, valour by address; And full on Amycus' face the hot noon smote.
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
Castor and Polydeuces, I, 1045; II, 806; III, 1315; IV, 593 Typhaon, II, 1211 Typhaonian rock, II, 1210 Typhoeus, II, 38 Tyrrhenian, Etruscan, III, 312; IV, 660, 850, 856: as subst. in plur.,
From The Argonautica by Seaton, R. C. (Robert Cooper)
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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