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This difference became significant later in their lives. All tales about the twins agree in portraying Castor as a skilled horse trainer and Pollux as an expert boxer. Inseparable, the brothers always acted together. Helen would later gain fame as the person who caused the Trojan Warf.
During that expedition, Pollux demonstrated his boxing skills by killing the king of the Bebryces. The storm immediately ceased, and stars appeared on the heads of the twins. It is because of this myth that Castor and Pollux came to be recognized as the patrons of sailors. Another story concerns the death of Castor. According to one account, the twins wanted to marry their cousins Phoebe and Hilaria. However, the women were already promised to two other cousins, Idas and Lynceus.
Castor and Pollux carried the women away to Sparta, pursued by their male cousins. In the fight that followed, the twins succeeded in killing both Idas and Lynceus, but Castor was fatally wounded. In another version of this story, the four men conducted a cattle raid together. Idas and Lynceus then tried to cheat Castor and Pollux out of their share of the cattle. The twins decided to take the cattle themselves but were caught as they started to sneak away.
A fight broke out in which Castor, Idas, and Lynceus were all killed. This story also has several different endings. In one, Castor's spirit went to Hades, the place of the dead, because he was a human. Pollux, who was a god, was so devastated at being separated from his brother that he offered to share his immortality with Castor or to give it up so that he could join his brother in Hades.
Taking pity on his son Pollux, Zeus declared that the brothers would take turns dwelling in Hades and with the gods on Mount Olympus. On one day, Castor would be with the gods and Pollux would be in Hades. The next day, the two would change places. In another ending, Castor remained in Hades, but Pollux was allowed to visit him every other day.
Most versions of the myth say that Zeus placed the brothers in the heavens as part of the constellation Gemini, the twins. Today the brightest stars in the constellation Gemini are named Castor and Pollux.
The Romans developed a strong cult around Castor and Pollux that traditionally dates back to B. A temple to the twins was built in the Roman Forum in B. The images of Castor and Pollux appear on many early Roman coins.
Elmo's fire is a phenomenon that occurs during certain stormy weather conditions. It appears as a glow on the top of tall pointed objects, such as the masts of ships, and is often accompanied by a cracking noise.
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