Pollux
Pollux, a son of Tyndarus and Leda, twin brother of Castor
- Voc. pol, edepol, v. infra), m., = Πολυδεύκης, a famous pugilist, son of Tyndarus and Leda, and brother of Castor, in connection with whom, as the constellation of the Twins (Gemini, v. 2. Castor), he serves as a guide to mariners, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 53; id. Leg. 2, 8, 19; Hyg. Fab. 14; 173: ita me ... Castor, Polluces ... dique omnes ament, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 53 (894); Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 27.—Poet.: geminus Pollux, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 3, 29, 64: facere aliquem de Polluce Castora, i. e. to make a knight of a pugilist (pugil), Mart. 7, 57, 1.— As a deity: DEVS VINCIVS POLLVX, Inscr. Rein. cl. 1, n. 218.—In voc., contr. pol, and length. edepol (aedep-), interj. (cf.: ecastor, equirine, etc.), by Pollux! indeed! truly! pol mihi fortuna magis nunc defit quam genus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 394 Vahl.); id. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 100 ib.); Caecil. 190; Com. Fragm. p. 67 Rib.; Plaut. Aul. 2, 7, 2 (364): per pol quam paucos reperias meretricibus fideles, Ter. Hec. 58: pol, me miserum, patrone, vocares, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 92; 2, 2, 138.—In connection with other particles of affirmation: pol profecto, indeed, truly, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 5 (1064): certe pol, Ter. Eun. 731: sane pol, id. And. 229: pol vero, id. Phorm. 1054.— In the form edepol: certe edepol scio, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 115 (267): credo edepol equidem dormire Solem, id. ib. 126 (278); 180 (332).—With other particles: ne edepol, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 27 (179): non edepol volo profecto, id. ib. 1, 1, 215 (367): certe edepol, id. ib. 1, 1, 243 (395): immo edepol vero, id. Most. 3, 2, 78 (767).
- , Πολυδεύκης, a son of Tyndarus and Leda, twin brother of Castor, C., V., H.: geminus Pollux, i. e. Castor and Pollux, H.
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…lucis Hecate praefecit Avernis ; si potuit Manes arcessere coniugis Orpheus, Threïcia fretus cithara fidibusque canoris, si fratrem Pollux alterna morte redemit, itque reditque viam totiens. Quid Thesea, magnum quid memorem Alciden Et mi genus ab…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…litora nativis praefulgent picta lapillis, et volucres nulla dulcius arte canunt. non sic Leucippis succendit Castora Phoebe, Pollucem cultu non Hilaira soror ; non, Idae et cupido quondam discordia Phoebo, Eveni patriis filia litoribus ; nec…
Propertius, Elegies
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…, quicquid in capite est, id coronae simile videri potest. nam quod eodem tempore stellas aureas Castoris et Pollucis Delphis positas decidisse, neque eas usquam repertas esse dixisti, furum id magis factum quam deorum videtur. simiae…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Divinatione
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…, ex rege Iove antiquissimo et Proserpina nati Tritopatreus Eubuleus Dionysus, secundi Iove tertio nati et Leda Castor et Pollux ; tertii dicuntur a non nullis Alco et Melampus euiolus, Atrei filii, qui Pelope natus fuit. Iam…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum
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…bello Latinorum, cum A. Postumius dictator cum Octavio Mamillio Tusculano proelio dimicaret, in nostra acie Castor et Pollux ex equis pugnare visi sunt, et recentiore memoria idem Tyndaridae Persem victum nuntiaverunt. P. enim Vatinius avus…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum
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…erant a Lacedaemoniis positae post navalem illam victoriam Lysandri, qua Athenienses conciderunt, qua in pugna quia Castor et Pollux cum Lacedaemoniorum classe visi esse dicebantur. eorum insignia deorum, stellae aureae, quas dixi, Delphis positae paulo…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Divinatione
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…cecinissetque id carmen, quod in eum scripsisset, in quo multa ornandi causa poetarum more in Castorem scripta et Pollucem fuissent, nimis illum sordide Simonidi dixisse se dimidium eius ei, quod pactus esset, pro illo carmine daturum…
Cicero, de Oratore
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…vita hominum consuetudoque communis ut beneficiis excellentis viros in caelum fama ac voluntate tollerent. hinc Hercules hinc Castor et Pollux hinc Aesculapius hinc Liber etiam hunc dico Liberum Semela natum, non eum quem nostri maiores auguste sancteque Liberum cum…
M. Tullius Cicero, de Natura Deorum
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…rerum forensium, consiliorum maximorum, legum iudiciorumque arbitri et testes celeberrimo in loco populi Romani locati, Castor et Pollux, quorum e templo quaestum iste sibi et praedam improbissimam comparavit ; omnesque di qui vehiculis tensarum sollemnis coetus ludorum…
Cicero, in Verrem
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…quid cum in Capitolio ictus Centaurus e caelo est, in Aventino portae et homines, Tusculi aedes Castoris et Pollucis, Romaeque Pietatis nonne et haruspices ea responderunt, quae evenerunt, et in Sibyllae libris eaedem repertae praedictiones sunt…
M. Tullius Cicero, De Divinatione
(Πολυδεύκης). (1) See Dioscuri.
(2) Iulius (Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης). A Greek rhetorician, a native of Naucratis in Egypt, in the latter half of the second century A.D., tutor of the emperor Commodus, from whom he received an appointment as a public teacher in Athens. His contemporaries, such as Lucian, ridiculed him for his small capacity. Lucian is supposed to have attacked him in his Rhetorum Praeceptor (Ῥητόρων Διδάσκαλος), his Lexiphanes, and his De Saltatione, chap. xxxiii. We possess from his hand a dictionary (Ὀνομαστικόν) in ten books, dedicated to his pupil. This is arranged, not in the order of the alphabet, but according to subjects. It spite of all its confusion and its want of critical acumen, it throws much light on the language, literature, and antiquities of Greece. It has been edited by I. Bekker (Berlin, 1846). See Lexicon.