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Castor and Pollux were deities of boxing, wrestling, and all equestrian exercises. They were generally seen mounted on snow-white horses, and their appearance on the battle-field was a good omen for the army among whom they came. The Romans believed that they fought at the head of their legions at the famous battle of Lake Regillus.
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Poems:—
| Theseus and Hippolyta | Walter S. Landor |
| Ariadne | Frederick Tennyson |
| Hippolytus of Euripides | |
| Phædra | Algernon C. Swinburne |
| Phædra in "The Epic of Hades" | Lewis Morris |
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The story of Œdipus is taken from the "Œdipus Rex," "Œdipus Coloneus," and "Antigone" of Sophocles (trans. of Plumptre or of Lewis Campbell).
Other poems:—
| Swell-foot the Tyrant | Percy B. Shelley |
| The Downfall and Death of King Œdipus | Edward Fitzgerald |
| Antigone | Aubrey de Vere |
| The Sphinx | Ralph W. Emerson |
| Fragment of an Antigone | Matthew Arnold |