of the dioscuri

  • 1Dioscuri Bay Palace Hotel Agrigento (Agrigento) — Dioscuri Bay Palace Hotel Agrigento country: Italy, city: Agrigento (Agrigento) Dioscuri Bay Palace Hotel Agrigento With its excellent, affordable accommodation in Agrigento, Dioscuri Bay Palace Hotel is an ideal base for both leisure and… …

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  • 2Dioscuri — /duy euh skyoor uy/, n.pl. Class. Myth. Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda. * * * or Castor and Pollux (from Greek dioskouroi, sons of Zeus ) Twin gods of ancient Greece and Rome. They aided shipwrecked sailors and accepted… …

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  • 3Dioscuri — Castor and Pollux, AV, REB; the twin brothers, NRSV; the Twins, NJB (Acts 28:11); the figurehead of the ship which took Paul to Rome. There were temples to the Dioscuri in Athens and in Rome, and they were held to be the protectors of travellers …

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  • 4Dioscuri Aurea Saecula — Demo album by Cain Released 2006 Genre Black metal National Socialist black metal …

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  • 5DIOSCURI —    The twin sons of Zeus and Leda, translated into Etruscan in the late sixth century as Tinas cliniiar, or separately in the fifth century as Castur and Pultuce. They appear separately or as pairs, wearing a hat, as a master or horses, or… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans

  • 6Fontana dei Dioscuri — The Fontana dei Dioscuri is the fountain set opposite the Palazzo del Quirinale, the official residence of the President of the Italian Republic in the Piazza del Quirinale.The original fountain, which no longer exists, commissioned by Pope… …

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  • 7DIOSCURI —    twin sons of Zeus, Castor and Pollux, a stalwart pair of youths, of the Doric stock, great the former as a horse breaker and the latter as a boxer; were worshipped at Sparta as guardians of the State, and pre eminently as patrons of… …

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  • 8Dioscuri — noun plural Etymology: New Latin, from Greek Dioskouroi, literally, sons of Zeus, from Dios (genitive of Zeus; akin to Latin divus divine) + kouroi, plural of kouros, koros boy more at deity, crescent Date: 1640 the twins Castor and Pollux… …

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  • 9Dioscuri — noun The twin brothers Castor and Pollux together …

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  • 10Dioscuri — /duy euh skyoor uy/, n.pl. Class. Myth. Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda …

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