Pollux
Mortal man
A character named in Homer's Iliad. The English introduction is not yet available.
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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,”
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Connections
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
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 · P22whom 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
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. 3.236–238whom 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
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In art
Vincent Sellaer. Leda with swan and children. National Museum in Warsaw. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21996283
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
Группа Сан-Ильдефонсо. Museo del Prado. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190706
Abbondio Sangiorgio. equestrian statue of Pollux. CC BY 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21141722
Abbondio Sangiorgio. equestrian statue of Pollux. CC BY 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21141722
Pilier d'Yzeures-sur-Creuse. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29164714
Pilier d'Yzeures-sur-Creuse. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29164714
Bernardo Schiaffino. The swan with Helen and Pollux. Musei di Strada Nuova. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127327690
Bernardo Schiaffino. The swan with Helen and Pollux. Musei di Strada Nuova. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127327690
Zwölfgötterrelief (Marbach am Neckar). Landesmuseum Württemberg. CC BY-SA 3.0 de. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57883748
Zwölfgötterrelief (Marbach am Neckar). Landesmuseum Württemberg. CC BY-SA 3.0 de. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57883748
Amycus Painter. Hydria of the Amykos Painter. BnF Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47466956
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.
Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.