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Pollux ( - )

Alias Polydeuces [alias]

An immortal, he and his mortal twin (known together as the Dioscuri) were Argonauts, horsemen and hunters, known as saviours of men who turned the tides of fortune in battle and at sea. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-2233?rskey=hgn2OR&result=4&q=polydeuces Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_and_Pollux Relationships: Pollux was a brother of Castor (-)
Pollux was a son of Jupiter / Zeus (-)
Pollux was a son of Leda (-)

Castor (-) was a brother of Pollux
Jupiter / Zeus (-) was a father of Pollux
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Castor and Pollux on horseback.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 444 Caput Romæ cum nota denarij; in Reverso Castor et Pollux equitantes, infra ROMA. Ar. Head of Roma with the mark of a denarius; on the reverse Castor and Pollux on horseback.
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) Castor & Pollux equitantes.