Pollux

A participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt, also an Argonaut. One of the Dioscuri.

Genealogy

Leda

Zeus

Leda (mother)

Aeacus, Aethlius, Aglaia, Amphion, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arcas, Ares, Argus, Artemis, Asopus, Ate, Athena, Atropus, Atymnius, Calliope, Castor, Clio, Clotho, Clytaemnestra, Corinthus, Dardanus, Dike, Dionysus, Eirene, Endymion, Epaphus, Erato, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Euterpe, Hebe, Helen, Hellen, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hermes, Iasion, Ilithyia, Lacedaemon, Lachesis, Megarus, Melpomene, Minos, Pan, Pelasgus, Persephone, Perseus, Phylonoe, Polymnia, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Targitaüs, Terpsichore, Thalia, Thalia, Timandra, Tityus, Urania, Zethus

Phoebe

Mnesileus

Groups
  1. Argonauts
  2. Calydonian Boar Hunt
  3. Dioscuri
Places
  1. Aphidnae
  2. Arcadia
  3. Calydon
  4. Iolcus
  5. Land of the Bebryces
  6. Messene
  7. Mount Olympus
  8. Sparta
  9. Unknown
Events
  1. Castor and Pollux set out for the Calydonian Boar Hunt
  2. Heroes gather in Calydon to fight the boar
  3. Crew of the Argo assembles
  4. Argonauts go to the Land of the Bebryces
  5. The Dioscuri carry off and marry the daughters of Leucippus
  6. Castor and Pollux take Helen and Aethra
  7. Castor and Pollux steal cattle
  8. The Dioscori march against Messene
  9. Pollux chases Idas and Lynceus
  10. Pollux kills Lynceus
  11. Zeus carries Pollux up to Heaven
  12. Pollux chooses to share his immortality with Castor
  13. Zeus permits the Dioscuri to live alternately among the gods and mortals
  14. Peleus sacks Iolcus with Jason and the Dioscuri
  15. Leda bears Pollux and Helen to Zeus and Castor and Clytaemnestra to Tyndareus
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 8.2
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.16
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.20
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.7
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 11.2
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 3, Section 228
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