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Le·da
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castor and pollux
the twin sons of Leda: Pollux was fathered by Zeus, Castor by the mortal Tyndareus. After Castor's death, Pollux spent half his days with his half-brother in Hades and half with the gods in Olympus -
clytemnestra
the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War -
dioscuri
the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together -
helen
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. -
tyndareus
the husband of Leda and father of Clytemnestra and Castor.