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Pollux

One of the Dioscuri, sons of Zeus and Leda, excellent boxer. When his brother Castor, tamer of horses and a mortal, was wounded, Pollux begged Zeus to let him die or to also give immortality to his brother. Jove gave them permission to be together forever, half of their time in to the underworld and half with the gods on Mount Olympus. According to legend, the Dioscuri were transformed by Zeus in to the constellation Gemini. On the Quirinal hill in the fourth century BC the temple of the god Quirinus was built, god of the Romans organized in curiae, which gave the name to the hill. The most impressive appearances on the hill were certainly those of the baths of Constantine and the temple of Serapis, built by Caracalla in 217 d. C. From the ancient Roman temple come the sculptures of the Dioscuri, whose constant presence on the Quirinal hill led to its being called Monte Cavallo.
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