Polydeuces | Article about Polydeuces by The Free Dictionary
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(pŏl'ĭdo͞o`sēs): see Castor and Pollux Castor and Pollux
, in classical mythology, twin heroes called the Dioscuri; Castor was the son of Leda and Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Leda and Zeus. They were brothers to Helen and Clytemnestra. Castor excelled as a horseman and Pollux as a boxer.
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Polydeuces
 
(called Pollux in Roman mythology), in Greek mythology, one of the Heavenly Twins known as the Dioscuri; the other twin was Castor.