Castor and Pollux

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Castor and Pollux

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth the twin sons of Leda: Pollux was fathered by Zeus, Castor by the mortal Tyndareus. After Castor's death, Pollux spent half his days with his half-brother in Hades and half with the gods in Olympus

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