Castor

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.3 the brothers of Helen

  Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, 'shining stars' who protect sailors.

• The Odes §1.12 sons of Leda

  Castor (famed with horses) and Pollux (famed with fists), the Dioscuri who calm the sea for sailors.

• The Odes §4.5 Castor

  As Greece honors Castor and Hercules, so Rome honors the living Augustus.

• The Odes §4.8 Tyndarids

  Castor, with Pollux 'a bright star,' who saves shattered ships.

• The Epistles §2.1 Castor

  One of the twin Dioscuri (with Pollux), hatched from the same egg; Castor loved horsemanship and Pollux boxing — different gifts from one birth.

• The Epodes §17 Castor

  One of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), Helen's brothers; their legend of blinding and restoring a poet who slandered Helen is the model for the recantation Horace offers.

• The Satires §2.1 Castor delights

  Castor and his twin Pollux, hatched from the same egg of Leda, had unlike gifts — Castor for horsemanship, Pollux for boxing — illustrating that one origin yields many tastes.