Dioscuri

[ dahy-uh-skyoor-ahy ]

plural noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda.

Dioscuri

/ ˌdaɪɒsˈkjʊərɪ /

plural noun

1. the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together

Example Sentences

Mateusz Sikora, the project leader and head of the Dioscuri Centre for Modelling of Posttranslational Modifications, and his team in Krakow and partners at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, have addressed this challenge by using computers, working together with scientists at Inserm in Paris, Academia Sinica in Tapei and the University of Bremen.

From Science Daily

They’ve been symbols of light and shade, divinity and mortality, good and evil; embodiments of enduring love, like the Greek Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, as well as mortal enmity, such as the Bible’s Jacob and Esau.

From New York Times

“But the EU money has to fall on fertile ground,” he says — and the Dioscuri initiative could help on that score.

From Nature

Like her brothers, the Dioscuri, she was a patron deity of sailors.

From Project Gutenberg

Cicero testifies that the Cabiri were originally three in number, and he carefully distinguishes them from the Dioscuri.

From Project Gutenberg