Dioscuri
The Dioscuri have a shrine in the Argolid. Pausanias saw the temple of Hecate opposite the sanctuary of Eileithyia near the shrine of the Dioscuri.
↻ synthesized from 13 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears on Roman currency.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Sarapis, Ἑλένα Δενδρῖτις, Aeëtes, Medea, Absyrtus, Dragon (guardian of the fleece), Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, Cadmus, Anteros, Theritas, Lapithae, Halirrhothius, Alcippe, Agraulos, Cheiron, Niobe, Lycus, Dirce, Hecate, Eileithyia, Alcamenes, Victory, Luna, Pollux, Helios, Poseidon, Apollo, Scylla, Charybdis, Triton, Sirens, Hesperides, nymphs, Circe, Aphrodite, Heracles, Athena, Hephaestus, Adonis, Eros, centaur, Zeus, Antiope
- enemy of
- Talos
Mentioned by
- Hecate
- Eileithyia
- Alcamenes
- Victory
- Luna
- Pollux
- Helios
- Poseidon
- Apollo
- Scylla
- Charybdis
- Triton
- Sirens
- Hesperides
- nymphs
- Circe
and 9 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“In the Argolid, near the shrine of the Dioscuri, Pausanias saw the temple of Hecate opposite the sanctuary of Eileithyia; He reported the image to be the work of Scopas, stating further, "This one is of stone, while the bronze images opposite, also of Hecate, were made respectively by Polycleitus and his brother Naucydes, son of Mothon."”
#14303 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“where Spon and Wheler found another in which Isis, Anubis, Harpocrates, and the Dioscuri were all named, it is very probable that the remains of white marble belonged to a temple of Isis”
#19718 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“A denarius with a four-horse chariot (quadriga) had already been in use for some time; see quadrigatus, likewise named for its chariot icon and depicting in addition the Dioscuri.”
#20153 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Dokana (ancient Greek δόκανα) were ancient symbolical representation of the Dioscuri that consisted of two upright beams with others laid across them transversely. The Dioscuri were worshipped as gods of war, and their images accompanied the Spartan kings whenever they took the field against an enemy.”
#37732 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the first a Spartan goddess, connected to one or the other natural light phenomenon (especially St. Elmo's fire) and sister of the Dioscuri, the other a vegetation goddess worshiped in Therapne as Ἑλένα Δενδρῖτις ("Helena of the Trees")”
#40274 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001