Castor And Pollux
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CASTOR AND POLLUX.See Dioscuri.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Cas'tor and Pol'lux. Act_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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kas?tẽr, pol?uks. See DIOSCURI; ASTRONOMY.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
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 (Act_28:11).
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
CasTor And PolLux
the Dioscüri (Διόσκουροι, Act_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, Act_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.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Cas'tor and Pol'lux. Act_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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
kas?tẽr, pol?uks. See DIOSCURI; ASTRONOMY.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
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 (Act_28:11).
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
CasTor And PolLux
the Dioscüri (Διόσκουροι, Act_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, Act_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.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.
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