god
Castor et Pollux
also: Castor and Pollux
The Dioscuri, twin sons of Jupiter and Leda, patrons of cavalry and sailors. Their temple in the Roman Forum, refurbished by Verres as curator of public buildings, supplied the pretext for the contracting fraud anatomised in In Verrem 2.1.
Reading notes
- Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) §The Twins (Gemini) the Twins
Gemini, the Twins, traditionally identified with the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. The neighboring signs Cancer (the Crab) and Leo (the Lion) are introduced in the same passage.
- On the Nature of the Gods §2.6 Castor and Pollux were seen fighting on horseback
The Dioscuri, divine twin sons of Tyndareus (or Jupiter), patrons of horsemen. Their epiphany at Lake Regillus, and again announcing the victory over Perseus, is cited as proof of the gods' active presence.
- On the Nature of the Gods §3.11 the Tyndaridae
Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Tyndareus (and of Leda), worshipped as helpers in battle. Cotta mocks the legend that they appeared on white horses at Lake Regillus to announce a Roman victory.
- Tusculan Disputations §1.28 the Tyndarid brothers
Castor and Pollux, sons of Tyndareus, the Dioscuri, worshipped at Rome as helpers in battle and reputed to have announced victories (as at Lake Regillus). Cited as mortals raised to divine honors.