Editing Castor and Pollux (section)

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The iconography of Castor and Pollux influenced or has close parallels with depictions of divine male twins in cultures with Greco-Roman relations.
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|File:Dedication Dioskouroi Met L.2008.1.1.jpg|Etruscan inscription to the Dioskouroi as "sons of Zeus" at the bottom of an [[Red-figure pottery|Attic red-figure]] [[kylix (drinking cup)|kylix]] (c. 515–510 BC)
|File:Stele dedicata a Castore e Polluce 1ST94911.tif|Limestone stele from [[Roman Egypt]] with a star connected to each twin's head (30 BCE – 395 CE)
|File:Plate youths winged horses Met 63.152.jpg|[[Sassanian]] silver platter with warrior twins on winged horses (5th/6th century CE)
|File:Textielschat02.jpg|[[Byzantine silk]] textile with elevated twins receiving offerings (7th/8th century CE)
|File:WLANL - Artshooter - Zeus, Hera en Amor observeren de geboorte van Helena en de Dioskuren.jpg|Zeus, [[Hera]], and [[Cupid|Amor]] observe the birth of Helen and Dioscuri (Dutch [[Tin-glazed pottery|majolica]], 1550)
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