Castor
Greek · mortal · heroic age · mortal
Mortal twin of Pollux; famous horseman; one of the Dioscuri. Killed in the Apharidae feud. Pollux refused full immortality without him; Zeus permitted alternating days in Hades and Olympus. Catasterized as Gemini.
Parentage
Children
Domains
- horsemanship
- protector of sailors
Powers
- Save sailors from storm as a saviour of ships
- Tame and master any horse
- Live alternate days among the gods and the dead, sharing immortality
Epithets
- Ἄνακες
- Τυνδαρίδαι
Relations
- spouse: Hilaeira
- sibling: Clytemnestra
- sibling: Helen
- sibling: Pollux
- father of: Anogon