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The twin horse gods : The dioskouroi in mythologies of the ancient world
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ISBN: 1784530034 9781784530037 Year: 2015 Publisher: London I. B. Tauris


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The twin horse gods : the Dioskouroi in mythologies of the ancient world
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ISBN: 085772441X 0755624254 9780857724410 9780857738080 0857738089 9781784530037 1784530034 1784530034 Year: 2015 Publisher: London : I.B. Tauris,

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"The twin deities known by the ancient Greeks as the Dioskouroi, and by the Romans as the Gemini, were popular figures in the classical world. They were especially connected with youth, low status and service, and were embraced by the common people in a way that eluded those gods associated with regal magnificence or the ruling classes. Despite their popularity, no dedicated study has been published on the horse gods for over a hundred years. Henry John Walker here addresses this neglect. His comparative study traces the origins, meanings and applications of the twin divinities to social and ritual settings in Greece, Vedic India (where the brothers named Castor and Pollux were revered as Indo-European gods called the Asvins), Etruria and classical Rome. He demonstrates, for example, that since the Dioskouroi were regarded as being halfway between gods and men, so young Spartans - undergoing a fierce and rigorous military training - saw themselves as standing midway between animal and human. Such creative interpretations of the myth thus played a central role in the culture and society of antiquity."--Bloomsbury Publishing.


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The cult of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
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ISBN: 1108763839 1108809642 1108800254 1108477550 9781108477550 9781108763837 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The Dioscuri first appeared at the Battle of Lake Regillus in 496 BC to save the new Republic. Receiving a temple in the Forum in gratitude, the gods continued to play an important role in Roman life for centuries and took on new responsibilities as the needs of the society evolved. Protectors of elite horsemen, boxers and sailors, they also served as guarantors of the Republic's continuation and, eventually, as models for potential future emperors. Over the course of centuries, the cult and its temples underwent many changes. In this book, Amber Gartrell explores the evolution of the cult. Drawing on a range of methodological approaches and a wide range of ancient evidence, she focuses on four key aspects: the gods' two temples in Rome, their epiphanies, their protection of varied groups, and their role as divine parallels for imperial heirs, revealing how religion, politics and society interacted and influenced each other.

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