Castor and Pollux

Summary

Castor and Pollux is a twins in mythology^[1]. It draws 1,758 Wikipedia views per month (twins_in_mythology category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• Castor and Pollux is buried at Tomb of Castor in Sparta^[3].
• Castor and Pollux's image is recorded as Castor et Polux porcelaine de Sèvres.jpg^[4].
• Castor and Pollux's instance of is recorded as twins in mythology^[5].
• Castor and Pollux's instance of is recorded as couple of mythological Greek characters^[6].
• Castor and Pollux's instance of is recorded as twin deities^[7].
• Castor and Pollux's based on is recorded as Lugal-Irra and Meslamta-ea^[8].
• Castor and Pollux's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 77115566^[9].
• Castor and Pollux's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 9560157884821760620002^[10].
• Castor and Pollux's GND ID is recorded as 118973878^[11].
• Castor and Pollux's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14527758x^[12].
• Castor and Pollux's IdRef ID is recorded as 08048803X^[13].
• Castor and Pollux's Commons category is recorded as Castor and Pollux^[14].
• Castor and Pollux's said to be the same as is recorded as Tinas Clenar^[15].
• Castor and Pollux's has part is recorded as Castor^[16].
• Castor and Pollux's has part is recorded as Pollux^[17].
• Castor and Pollux's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ghrx^[18].
• Castor and Pollux's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Castor and Pollux^[19].
• Castor and Pollux's worshipped by is recorded as Greek mythology^[20].
• Castor and Pollux's worshipped by is recorded as Roman mythology^[21].
• Castor and Pollux's Iconclass notation is recorded as 94R^[22].
• Castor and Pollux's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0022559^[23].
• Castor and Pollux's depicted by is recorded as Dioscuri statue from Baiae^[24].
• Castor and Pollux's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[25].
• Castor and Pollux's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Castor and Pollux's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[27].

Body

Death and Burial

Castor and Pollux is buried at Tomb of Castor in Sparta^[3].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Castor and Pollux include Gemini^[28], a constellation^[29] and Temple of it^[30], a ruins^[31], in Italy^[32], founded in -0496^[33].

Why It Matters

Castor and Pollux draws 1,758 Wikipedia views per month (twins_in_mythology category, ranking #2 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include Gemini^[28], a constellation^[29] and Temple of it^[30], a ruins^[31], in Italy^[32], founded in -0496^[33].