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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2678170, member: 51347"]GEMINI: Got any of the Dioscuri? </p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia:</p><p>"In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" rel="nofollow">Greek</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology" rel="nofollow">Roman mythology</a>, <b>Castor</b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> and <b>Pollux</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> or <b>Kastor and Polydeuces</b>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> were twin brothers, together known as the <b>Dioscuri</b> or <b>Dioskouroi</b>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> Their mother was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Leda</a>, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndareus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndareus" rel="nofollow">Tyndareus</a>, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus" rel="nofollow">Zeus</a>, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. Though accounts of their birth are varied, they are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters or half-sisters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy" rel="nofollow">Helen of Troy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clytemnestra" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clytemnestra" rel="nofollow">Clytemnestra</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Latin the twins are also known as the <b>Gemini</b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> or <b>Castores</b>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together, and they were transformed into the constellation <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(constellation)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(constellation)" rel="nofollow">Gemini</a>. The pair were regarded as the patrons of sailors, to whom they appeared as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire" rel="nofollow">St. Elmo's fire</a>, and were also associated with horsemanship."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2678170, member: 51347"]GEMINI: Got any of the Dioscuri? Wikipedia: "In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology']Greek[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_mythology']Roman mythology[/URL], [B]Castor[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] and [B]Pollux[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] or [B]Kastor and Polydeuces[/B],[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-3'][3][/URL] were twin brothers, together known as the [B]Dioscuri[/B] or [B]Dioskouroi[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] Their mother was [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_(mythology)']Leda[/URL], but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndareus']Tyndareus[/URL], the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus']Zeus[/URL], who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. Though accounts of their birth are varied, they are sometimes said to have been born from an egg, along with their twin sisters or half-sisters [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy']Helen of Troy[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clytemnestra']Clytemnestra[/URL]. In Latin the twins are also known as the [B]Gemini[/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] or [B]Castores[/B].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] When Castor was killed, Pollux asked Zeus to let him share his own immortality with his twin to keep them together, and they were transformed into the constellation [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(constellation)']Gemini[/URL]. The pair were regarded as the patrons of sailors, to whom they appeared as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire']St. Elmo's fire[/URL], and were also associated with horsemanship."[/QUOTE]
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