Dioscuri Flashcards
What twin sons of Leda…
the dioscuri
What father of Leda…
Thestius
What was castor’s talent?
horse taming
What was Pollux’s talent?
boxing
Who captured Aphidnae because their sister had been taken there?
castor and pollux
What sister of Peirithous…
Phisadie
Who placed Theseus’ rival Menestheus on the Athenian throne?
castor and pollux
Who were Phoebe and Hilaeira betrothed to?
Idas and Lynceus
What cousins of Idas and Lynceus…
Castor and Pollux
What cousins of Castor and Pollux…
Idas and Lynceus
Who carried Phoebe and Hilaeira off to sparta?
Castor and Pollux
Who wanted to marry Phoebe and Hilaeira…
Castor and Pollux
Who announced that half of the cattle
would go to the man who ate his quarter first, the other half to the one who finished second?
Idas
Outpaced by their Messenian cousins…
dioscuri
Who stood on Mount Taygetus and
spied the twins far away hiding inside a hollow oak tree…
Lynceus
Who killed Castor with a spear?
Idas
Who chased his cousins as far as the tomb of their father, Aphareus…
Pollux
Who killed Idas?
Zeus
Who prayed to his father that he might share his own immortality with his brother?
Pollux
Who spent alternate days on Olympus and in Hades?
Castor and pollux
Who were transported to the sky as stars and became guardians of mariners endangered by storms?
castor and pollux
Two balls of fire…
Castor and pollux
