Welche Funktion hatte der Dioskurentempel?
Dabei erweiterten und wandelten sich jedoch mehrfach seine Funktionen: In der späten Republik entwickelte sich der Tempel mehr und mehr auch zu einem Ort der politischen Entscheidungsfindung, indem der Senat in seiner Cella tagte und sein Podium als Rednertribüne genutzt wurde.
Was sind die Dioskuren?
Unter den Dioskuren (altgriechisch Διόσκουροι Dióskouroi, deutsch ‚Söhne des Zeus‘) versteht man in der griechischen Mythologie die Halb- und Zwillingsbrüder Kastor und Polydeukes (Κάστωρ Kástōr und Πολυδεύκης Polydeúkēs). Häufig werden sie mit ihren lateinischen Namen Castor und Pollux bzw.
What is the difference between the stars Castor and Pollux?
Pollux, at 33 light years distant, is an evolved red giant star twice as massive as our Sun. Castor, at 51 light years distant, is a blue main sequence star about 2.7 times more massive that our Sun. Castor is known to have at least two stellar companions, while Pollux is now known to be circled by at least one massive planet.
Who is the father of Castor and Pollux in the Odyssey?
Their mother was Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, the king of Sparta, while Pollux was the divine son of Zeus, who seduced Leda in the guise of a swan. The pair are thus an example of heteropaternal superfecundation.
Are Pollux and Castor the sons of Zeus?
In the Homeric Odyssey (11.298–304), they are the sons of Tyndareus alone, but they were sons of Zeus in the Hesiodic Catalogue (fr. 24 M–W). The conventional account (attested first in Pindar, Nemean 10) combined these paternities so that only Pollux was fathered by Zeus, while Leda and her husband Tyndareus conceived Castor.
Why did Castor and Pollux go to Sparta?
Castor and Pollux nonetheless kidnapped the two women and took them to Sparta, where each bore their husband a son. This caused great strife in the family and resulted in the start of a feud. Their two cousins, Idas and Lynceus, later went to Sparta to visit their uncle.