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APOLLO

Can you tell me, Hermes, which of these two is Castor and which is Pollux? I can’t tell them apart.

HERMES

The one with us yesterday was Castor, this one is Pollux.

APOLLO

How can you tell? They look identical.

HERMES

This one, Apollo, has on his face the marks of the injuries he’s got from his opponents when boxing, and especially from Bebryx, the son of Amycus, Cf. Theocritus, 22.26 and Apollonius Rhodius 2, 1 ff. when he sailed on that expedition with Jason. The other has no marks like that; his face is free from blemish.

APOLLO

Thanks for telling me the difference, for all the rest’s the same, the half egg-shell on the head, and the star above it, the javelin in the hand, and a white horse each; so I’ve often called Pollux Castor and Castor Pollux. And there’s something else you can tell me. Why don’t we see them together? Why do they take turns of being dead and being a god? 5

HERMES

That’s because of their brotherly love. When one of the sons of Leda had to die, and one to be immortal, they shared out the immortality in this way themselves.