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| one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse |
| the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon |
| Castor and Pollux | |
| —n | |
| 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 | |
the "Dioscuri", two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or sculptured on the prow of the ship which Luke refers to (Acts 28:11). They were regarded as the tutelary divinities of sailors. They appeared in the heavens as the constellation Gemini.