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Iconclass-luokkakäsite: after Castor's death Pollux prays to Jupiter to let him die too, but Jupiter permits him to share his immortality with Castor; hence they spend their days alternatively on Olympus and in Hades
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laajempi käsite | kuolema |
liittyy | Dioscuri changed into a constellation: in reward of their brotherly love, the Dioscuri are changed into a constellation |
nimi | after Castor's death Pollux prays to Jupiter to let him die too, but Jupiter permits him to share his immortality with Castor; hence they spend their days alternatively on Olympus and in Hades |