Castor

Mortal man

A character named in Homer's Iliad. The English introduction is not yet available.

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Castor. equestrian statue of Castor
equestrian statue of Castor · Abbondio SangiorgioImage source CC BY-SA 3.0

Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,”
Il. 3.235–239

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Mother · Sources
Mother · Sources
whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,
Il. 3.238

Il. 3.238

Sister through mother · Sources
Sister through mother · Sources

Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Общая мать подтверждена; сведения об отцах неполны. Различие отцов не установлено. Общие родители: Леда.

Гомер, Илиада — роль родителя · Ил. 3.236–238 Wikidata: Зевс — роль родителя · P22
whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,
Il. 3.238

Il. 3.238

Brother through mother · Sources
Brother through mother · Sources

Квалификация братства/сестринства: Илиада: Общая мать подтверждена; сведения об отцах неполны. Различие отцов не установлено. Общие родители: Леда.

Гомер, Илиада — роль родителя · Ил. 3.236–238
whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,
Il. 3.237–238

Il. 3.237–238

In art

Vincent Sellaer. Leda with swan and children. National Museum in Warsaw. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21996283

Группа Сан-Ильдефонсо. Museo del Prado. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190706

Abbondio Sangiorgio. equestrian statue of Castor. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21141716

Pilier d'Yzeures-sur-Creuse. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29164714

Zwölfgötterrelief (Marbach am Neckar). Landesmuseum Württemberg. CC BY-SA 3.0 de. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57883748

Portrait of Tribou in the role of Castor from Castor et Pollux. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96912180

Amycus Painter. Hydria of the Amykos Painter. BnF Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47466956

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Sources and verification

The character is matched to the catalogue.

Wikidata Q11294144

Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.