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"Castor and Pollux 5"
23.50"H x 22"W
The Gemini/the Heavenly Twins; two male figures with mosaic background. The Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, were twin half brothers, one the son of the mortal Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and the other the son of Zeus, who raped their mother, Leda, in the form of a swan. Castor was a great horseman and Pollux a great boxer. When the mortal brother was killed in battle, his immortal twin asked Zeus to let them trade places in the underworld day by day, so his brother could live on. Touched by his loyalty and love, Zeus put them both in the Heavens as the Gemini.