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'''Castor''' and '''Pollux''' were legendary twins in [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Rome|Roman]] mythologies.
'''Castor''' and '''Pollux''' were legendary twins in [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Rome|Roman]] mythologies.


According to the myth, they were both born at the same time by {{Wiki|Leda (mythology)|Leda}}, though they had different fathers; Pollux was fathered by [[Jupiter|Zeus]], Castor by Leda's husband, the King of Sparta, {{Wiki|Tyndareus}}.
According to the myth, they were both born at the same time by {{Wiki|Leda (mythology)|Leda}}, though they had different fathers; Pollux was fathered by [[Jupiter|Zeus]], Castor by Leda's husband, the King of [[Sparta]] {{Wiki|Tyndareus}}.


By 431 BCE, an [[Altar of the Dioskouroi|altar]] dedicated to the twins had been raised in [[Forest of Eurotas]] in [[Lakonia]], [[Greece]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
By 431 BCE, an [[Altar of the Dioskouroi|altar]] dedicated to the twins had been raised in the [[Forest of Eurotas]] in [[Lakonia]], Greece.<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

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Castor and Pollux were legendary twins in Greek and Roman mythologies.

According to the myth, they were both born at the same time by Leda, though they had different fathers; Pollux was fathered by Zeus, Castor by Leda's husband, the King of Sparta Tyndareus.

By 431 BCE, an altar dedicated to the twins had been raised in the Forest of Eurotas in Lakonia, Greece.[1]

Trivia

  • In Greek, they were known as Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi) meaning 'the youths of Zeus'. In Latin, this became Dioscuri. Colloquially, this has come to mean an inseparable couple.

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