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Castor

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Canonical name
Castor
Disambiguator
None
Kind
Character
Scope
Individual
Editorial note
No editorial note published.

Aliases

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breaker of horses

Epithet · Uncertain

Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Lacedaemon1 observation
·Direct

Castor was already lying under the earth in Lacedaemon.

See evidence text
“both these heroes were already lying under the earth in their own land of Lacedaemon.”

Claims

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·Reported

Helen says she cannot find Castor, whom she identifies as a breaker of horses, her mother’s child, and her own brother.

See evidence text
“there are two whom I can nowhere find, Castor, breaker of horses, and Pollux the mighty boxer; they are children of my mother, and own brothers to myself”
·Direct

Castor is already dead and buried in his own land of Lacedaemon, unknown to Helen.

See evidence text
“both these heroes were already lying under the earth in their own land of Lacedaemon”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

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·Uncertain
“Castor, breaker of horses”

Passage preview

Book 3 · Passage 21

‘That,’ answered Helen, ‘is huge Ajax, bulwark of the Achaeans, and on the other side of him, among the Cretans, stands Idomeneus looking like a god, and with the captains of the Cretans round him. Often did Menelaus receive him as a guest in our house when he came visiting us from Crete. I see, moreover, many other Achaeans whose names I could tell you, but there are two whom I can nowhere find, Castor, breaker of horses, and Pollux the mighty boxer; they are children of my mother, and own brothers to myself. Either they have not left Lacedaemon, or else, though they have brought their ships, they will not show themselves in battle for the shame and disgrace that I have brought upon them.’