Castor and Pollux

Reading notes

• The Loves §2.11 stars of fertile Leda

  Castor and Pollux, Leda's twin sons, whose constellation (St Elmo's fire) sailors invoke in storm.

• The Loves §2.16 Pollux

  Pollux, one of Leda's twin sons (with Castor) set among the stars; the poet would not dwell even between them in heaven without his love.

• The Art of Love §1.24 Castor

  One of the twin Dioscuri (with Pollux); his bond with his brother is the type of unbetraying loyalty.

• The Heroides §8 the twin brothers

  Castor and Pollux, Helen's twin brothers (the Dioscuri), grieving at her loss.

• The Heroides §13 the twins

  Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, Helen's brothers.

• The Heroides §16 your twin brothers

  Castor and Pollux, Helen's brothers, whose own abductions Paris cites as precedent.

• The Heroides §17 my twin brothers

  Castor and Pollux, Helen's brothers, who with Tyndareus would avenge her flight.

• The Festivals §5.20 sons of Tyndareus

  The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux (also called Oebalids), twin heroes of Sparta.

• The Festivals §27 the gods born of Leda

  Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, twin sons of Leda; their temple stood by the pool of Juturna in the Forum.

• Metamorphoses §8.205 sons of Tyndareus

  Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri: one famed for boxing, the other for horsemanship.

• Metamorphoses §12.372 Castor

  Castor (with Pollux), the horsemen-twins; Cyllarus's horse-half is 'worthy of Castor.'

• Sorrows §1.10 sons of Tyndareus

  Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, patrons of sailors, honored on Samothrace and invoked for the two ships' safety.