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<p> '''''kas´tẽr''''' , '''''pol´uks''''' . See [[Dioscuri]]; [[Astronomy]] . </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15782" /> == | |||
<p> Twin sons of Jupiter, and guardians of seamen, according to heathen mythology. Ships often bore their images on the prow, and were distinguished by their names, Acts 28:11 . </p> | |||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31067" /> == | |||
Acts 28:11 <p> </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50130" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> CASTOR AND POLLUX </strong> . See Dioscuri. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65689" /> == | |||
<p> The word Διόσκουροι signifies 'young men, or sons of Zeus,' their names being [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]] according to heathen mythology. They were supposed to be the guardians of navigation, and a rude image of them was at times carved on the bows of vessels. Acts 28:11 . </p> | |||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72143" /> == | |||
<p> Cas'tor and Pol'lux. Acts 28:11. The twin sons of [[Jupiter]] and Leda, were regarded as the tutelary divinities of sailors; hence, their image was often used as a figure-head for ships. They appeared in heaven as the constellation, Gemini. In art, they were sometimes represented simply as stars hovering over a ship. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2364" /> == | |||
<p> '''''kas´tẽr''''' , '''''pol´uks''''' . See [[Dioscuri]]; [[Astronomy]] . </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15388" /> == | |||
<p> Cas´tor and Pol´lux, in heathen mythology, the twin sons of [[Jupiter]] by Leda. They had the special province of assisting persons in danger of shipwreck; and hence their figures were often adopted for 'the sign,' from which a ship derived its name, as was the case with that 'ship of Alexandria' in which St. Paul sailed on his journey for Rome (). </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_30857" /> == | |||
<p> </p> <p> the Diosc ü ri ( Διόσκουροι, Acts 28:11), two heroes of [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] mythology, the twin-sons of [[Jupiter]] and Leda (see Smith's Diet. of Classical Biog., s.v. Dioscuri). They were regarded as the tutelary divinities ( Θεοί σωτῆρες ) of sailors (Xenoph. Synpos. 8:29). They appeared in heaven as the constellation of Gemini. On shipboard they were recognized in the phosphoric lights called by modern [[Italian]] sailors the fires of St. Elmo, which play about the masts and the sails (Seneca, Nat. Qusest. 1:1; comp. Pliny, 11:37). Hence the frequent allusions of Roman poets to these divinities in connection with navigation (see especially Horace, Carm. 1:3, 2, and 4:8, 31). As the ship mentioned by Luke was from Alexandria, it may be worth while to notice that [[Castor]] and [[Pollux]] were specially honored in the neighboring district of Cyrenaica (Schol. Pinid. Pyth. 5:6). In Catull. 4:27, we have distinct mention of a boat dedicated to them (see also 68:65). In art, these divinities were sometimes represented simply as stars hovering over a ship, but more frequently as young men on horseback, with conical caps, and stars above them (see the coins of Rhegium, a city of the Bruttii, at which Paul touched on the voyage in question, Acts 28:13). Such figures were probably painted or sculptured at the bow of the ship (hence παράσημον; see Smith, Dict. of Class. Antiq., s.v. Insigne). This custom was very frequent in ancient ship- building. (See [[Ship]]). [[Herodotus]] says (3:37) that the Phoenicians used to place the figures of deities at the bow of their vessels. [[Virgil]] (Eneid, 10:209) and Ovid (Trist. 1:10, 2) supply us with illustrations of the practice; and [[Cyril]] of [[Alexandria]] (Cramer's Catena, ad l. c.) says that such was always the [[Alexandrian]] method of ornamenting each side of the prow. (See [[Dioscuri]]). </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70583" /> == | |||
<p> The Dioscuri, the twin sons of Zeus by Leda; great, the former in horsemanship, and the latter in boxing; famed for their mutual affection, so that when the former was slain the latter begged to be allowed to die with him, whereupon it was agreed they should spend a day in [[Hades]] time about; were raised eventually to become stars in the sky, the Gemini, twin signs in the zodiac, rising and setting together; this name is also given to the electric phenomenon called [[St. Elmo'S Fire]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). </p> | |||
==References == | |||
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<ref name="term_15782"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_31067"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_50130"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65689"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72143"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2364"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_15388"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_30857"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_70583"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/castor+and+pollux Castor And Pollux from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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