Castor (Kastor) - Text References

The Iliad

Lattimore

• book 3, line 237 - As Helen looked at the Achaean army arrayed before Troy, she saw many men she recognized but did not see Kastor or Polydeukes

Loeb

• book 3, line 237 - As Helen looked at the Achaean army arrayed before Troy, she saw many men she recognized but did not see Castor or Polydeuces

Fagles

• book 3, line 283 - As Helen looked at the Achaean army arrayed before Troy, she saw many men she recognized but did not see Castor or Polydeuces

Fitzgerald

• book 3, line 282 - As Helen looked at the Achaean army arrayed before Troy, she saw many men she recognized but did not see Kastor or Polydeukes

Catalogues of Women and Eoiae

• fragment 66 - According to Hesiod, Kastor and Polydeukes were the sons of Zeus
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• fragment 68¹, line 13 - Kastor and Polydeukes were in favor of a suitor (whose name is lost) to be the husband of their sister Helen
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• fragment 68¹, line 27 - When Menelaos (Menelaus) was a suitor of Helen, he sent many messages to horse-taming Kastor and prize-winning Polydeukes

Hymn to the Dioskuri XVII

• Kastor and Polydeukes were the sons of Zeus and Leda

Hymn to the Dioscuri XXXIII

• Kastor, tamer of horses, and blameless Polydeukes were the sons of Zeus and Leda

The Kypria

• fragment 1, line 29 - When caught stealing the cattle of Idas and Lynkeos (Lynceus), Kastor was killed by Idas and then Polydeukes killed Idas and Lynkeos; Zeus gave Kastor and Polydeukes immortality every-other day
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• fragment 7 - Kastor was mortal but Polydeukes, scion of Ares, was immortal
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• fragment 11 - When Helen was kidnapped by Theseus, Kastor went to rescue her; Kastor was wounded in the right thigh by King Aphidnus of Attica; when they could not find Theseus, the Dioskuri sacked Athens
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• fragment 12 - Lynkeos (Lynceus) fled to the Peloponnesian Peninsula where he saw horse-taming Kastor and athletic Polydeukes hidden in a hollow oak; Kastor was killed by a spear cast by Idas, son of Aphareus

Argonautika

• 1.147 - Kastor and Polydeukes were the sons of Zeus and Leda; both brothers became Argonauts
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• 1.1045 - When the Argonauts fought with the Doliones, the sons of Tyndareus killed Megalossakes (Megalossaces) and Phlogius
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• 2.62 - When Polydeukes was preparing to fight King Amykos (Amycus) of the Bebrykians (Bebrycians), Kastor and Talaos (Talaus) bound the leather hides around Polydeukes' fists
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• 2.806 - After Polydeukes killed King Amykos, King Lykos (Lycus) of a neighboring tribe promised to build a temple honoring the sons of Tyndareus; he also sent his son Daskylos (Dascylus) with the Argonauts
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• 3.1315 - When Jason was preparing to harness the bronze-footed bulls of King Aietes (Aeetes), the sons of Tyndareus placed the yoke around the necks of the bulls
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• 4.589 - After Jason and Medeia (Medea) murdered her stepbrother Apsyrtos (Apsyrtus), the oak keel of the Argo cried out that the Argonauts would never return to their homes unless the Dread Goddess Kirke (Circe) absolved them of their blood-guilt; the keel of the Argo told Polydeukes and Kastor to pray to the Immortals to show them the way to Kirke's island
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• 4.593 - When the keel of the Argo began to speak, the sons of Tyndareus prayed to the Immortals while the other Argonauts quaked in fear

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