Who is castor and pollux

They are both old in age, but use their amulet to reverse their youth to do battle. Kratos chases them throughout the temple, and kills the two of them, having Castor fall to his death, and Pollux's skull being crushed underneath the Spartan's boot after being severed from his older brother.

The Amulet of Uroborus is gained after their defeat. Castor assumes the role of prophet in the temple. Cruel and snobbish, he orders his slaves to build statues of him, and kills any who step out of line; even questioning him is enough reason to be killed as he stabs one of the slaves in the face when he expresses concern over his brethren's health and well-being. He hides his conjoined brother Pollux under his tunic cloth.

Castor wields a staff that splits into a sword and club, which he can use with great efficiency. He can use the Amulet of Uroborus to teleport himself, manipulate time, levitate objects, fly, slow down time in a given area, shoot energy blasts that can decay objects, restore objects to their completed states, and surround himself in a barrier of the Amulet's energy.

Of the two brothers, he is the strongest. Considered the divine half of the Gemini twins, though he appears as the shriveled conjoined brother, Pollux is a powerful sorcerer, and able to hold his own without Castor until Kratos brutally severs him from his brother. Pollux is curious about what happens around him outside of his cover.

Castor was killed by Lynceus, who was in turn slain by Pollux. Pollux grieved for his fallen brother and asked Zeus if the two could share immortality. It pays to have a powerful father: Zeus placed both in the sky as the constellation Gemini.

The brightest star in Gemini, yellow-orange Pollux, makes a lovely color contrast with Castor. If you get these stars confused, as I did for years, simply remember that Castor is closest to Capella. In a small telescope at 80x or more, Castor resolves into two bright stars.

These stars revolve about their common center of mass every years. At their closest, the two stars lie only 1. In celebration of their feast days, the Romans sent to their temple once a year a man on horseback, wearing a bonnet like theirs and leading by the bridle a horse with no rider. In Ancient Greece Castor and pollux were considered among the most influential gods, and were worshiped in both Sparta and Athens.

The two gods appeared from time to time on the battlefield, mounted on white steeds. They are typically represented as two young men either on horseback or with horses close by and wear a bonnet, mounted with a single star.

They are known by poets under the name of the Dioskouroi, or sons of Jupiter, also the Tyndaridae, because their mother was wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta. Together they were famous in the Games of Ancient Greece. Castor was a famous horse trainer and charioteer, which is why he was known as the horse master; Pollux was a boxer and the protector of athletes.

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