Pollux

Mortal man

A character named in Homer's Iliad. The English introduction is not yet available.

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Pollux. equestrian statue of Pollux
equestrian statue of Pollux · Abbondio SangiorgioImage source ↗CC BY 3.0

Mentions in the Iliad

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,”
Il. 3.235–239

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Mother · Sources
Mother · Sources
whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,
Il. 3.238

Il. 3.238

Sister · Sources
Sister · Sources
whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,
Il. 3.238

Il. 3.238

Brother · Sources
Brother · Sources
whom I could well note, and tell their names; but two marshallers of the host can I not see, Castor, tamer of horses, and the goodly boxer, Polydeuces, even mine own brethren, whom the same mother bare. Either they followed not with the host from lovely Lacedaemon,
Il. 3.237–238

Il. 3.237–238

In art

Leda with swan and children
Leda with swan and childrenVincent Sellaer · 1530National Museum in WarsawInv. 415

Vincent Sellaer. Leda with swan and children. National Museum in Warsaw. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21996283

Группа Сан-Ильдефонсо
Группа Сан-ИльдефонсоArtist not recorded · 100Museo del PradoInv. E000028

Группа Сан-Ильдефонсо. Museo del Prado. CC BY-SA 2.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190706

equestrian statue of Pollux
equestrian statue of PolluxAbbondio Sangiorgio · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Abbondio Sangiorgio. equestrian statue of Pollux. CC BY 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21141722

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Pilier d'Yzeures-sur-Creuse
Pilier d'Yzeures-sur-CreuseArtist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

Pilier d'Yzeures-sur-Creuse. CC BY-SA 4.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29164714

The swan with Helen and Pollux
The swan with Helen and PolluxBernardo Schiaffino · 1707Musei di Strada NuovaInv. PR 316

Bernardo Schiaffino. The swan with Helen and Pollux. Musei di Strada Nuova. CC BY-SA 3.0. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127327690

Zwölfgötterrelief (Marbach am Neckar)
Zwölfgötterrelief (Marbach am Neckar)Artist not recorded · 1000Landesmuseum Württemberg

Zwölfgötterrelief (Marbach am Neckar). Landesmuseum Württemberg. CC BY-SA 3.0 de. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57883748

Hydria of the Amykos Painter
Hydria of the Amykos PainterAmycus Painter · 500 BCBnF MuseumInv. De Ridder.442

Amycus Painter. Hydria of the Amykos Painter. BnF Museum. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47466956

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Sources and verification

The character is matched to the catalogue.

Wikidata Q12046224

Reference material remains distinct from the poem’s assertions. Characters who share a name retain separate pages.