EditorialItaly. Rome. Temple of Castor and Pollux. 1st century BC. Built in honor to the Dioscuri. On the left, ruins of the Basilica Julia. Roman Forum.
EditorialItaly. Rome. Temple of Castor and Pollux. 1st century BC. Built in honor to the Dioscuri. On the left, ruins of the Basilica Julia. Roman Forum.
EditorialSilver denarius of Postumius Albinus, Late Republican, ca. 96 B.C., Roman, Silver, 4g (4g), Coins, ROMA, laureate head of Apollo/A.ALBINVS.S.F, the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) beside their horses drinking at the fountain of Juturna, Rome.
EditorialCandelabra (left) from the Casa del Panettiere or House of the Baker, VII.III.30, candelabra (right) and frieze (top) from House of Caecilius Iucundus, V.I.26, arabesques with griffins from Casa dei Dioscuri or House of Castor and Pollux, VI.IX.6, and ...
EditorialRoman fresco depicting Ulysses unmasks Achilles, dressed as a woman, in Sciro. Tablinium. House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.
EditorialRoman fresco depicting a scene with masked actors. Could refer to the myth of Auge by the presence of a baby, perhaps Telephus, in the arms of a woman. Viridarium. House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii, Italy. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.
EditorialRoman painting depicting a column and a group of women. Fresco of peristyle of the house of the Dioscuri. National Archaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.
EditorialMedea and her Children. She contemplates killing her children as the best way to hurt husband Jason. House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii, Italy. 1st century AD. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Italy.
EditorialColossal statues of Dioscuri. Pentelic marble. From Baia, 2nd century AD. One of the twins Castor and Pollux. National Arhaeological Museum. Naples. Italy.
EditorialSidamara Sarcophagus. 2nd-3rd century AD. Man sitting with a philosopher attire surrounded by Artemis and his wife with head covered. At both ends, the Dioscuri with the horses. Marble. Roman Period. Ambararasi (Konya). Archaeological Museum. Istanbul....
EditorialCandelabra (left) from the Casa del Panettiere or House of the Baker, VII.III.30, candelabra (right) and frieze (top) from House of Caecilius Iucundus, V.I.26, arabesques with griffins from Casa dei Dioscuri or House of Castor and Pollux, VI.IX.6, and ...
EditorialItaly. Rome. Sculpture of one of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) in front of the Palace of the Italian Civilization. By Publio Morbiducci (1889-1963) and Alberto Felci.
EditorialItaly. Rome. Temple of Castor and Pollux. 1st century BC. Built in honor to the Dioscuri. On the left, ruins of the Basilica Julia. Roman Forum.
EditorialItaly. Rome. Temple of Castor and Pollux. 1st century BC. Built in honor to the Dioscuri. On the left, ruins of the Basilica Julia. Roman Forum.
EditorialItaly. Rome. Sculpture of one of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) in front of the Palace of the Italian Civilization. By Publio Morbiducci (1889-1963) and Alberto Felci.
EditorialItaly. Rome. Sculpture of one of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) in front of the Palace of the Italian Civilization. By Publio Morbiducci (1889-1963) and Alberto Felci.
EditorialBronze krater handles with figures of the Dioscuri. From Trebbia valley, Italy; 5th century BCE. The Dioscuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy. Because Zeus came to Leda in the for...
Editorial'View of the Capitol, Rome', c1761. The view shows the Capitol, the administrative centre of ancient and modern Rome. The Renaissance architecture of Michelangelo's Palazzo dei Conservatori fills the sheet in the background. In the foreground, stretchi...
EditorialSaturn riding on a bull flanked by the Dioscuri. Votive " Boglio Stele" consecrated to Saturnus. Greyish limestone from the region south of Zama (end 3rd, begining 4th CE). 155 x 61 x 14 cm Inv. 3119.
EditorialPan fleeing from a hermaphrodite. Wallpainting (2nd CE) Inv. 27700. 91x143 cm from Pompeii, reg.6, ins. 9, no 6-7 Atrium della casa dei Dioscuri.
EditorialTemple of the Dioscuri on the Forum in Rome. Only three columns remain. Erected 484 BCE in memory of the aid of the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux, twin sons of Zeus, in Rome's battle against Latins and Tarquinians in 496 BCE.