Dioscuri
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See also: dioscuri
English
Etymology
From Latin Dioscūrī, from Ancient Greek Διόσκουροι (Dióskouroi, “the youths of Zeus”).
Proper noun
Dioscuri pl
- (Greek mythology) The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History , volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (States-General):
- Or, alas, might not one rather attribute it to Diana in the shape of Hunger? To some twin Dioscuri, OPPRESSION and REVENGE; so often seen in the battles of men?
- 1879, James Anthony Froude, chapter XI, in Cæsar: A Sketch, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 108:
- Cæsar, either more ambitious or less confident in his services, raised a new and costly row of columns in front of the Capitol. He built a temple to the Dioscuri, and he charmed the populace with a show of gladiators unusually extensive.
Translations
the twins
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Further reading
Castor and Pollux on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
