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DIOSCURI (RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ), or The Twin Brothers (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), or Castor and Pollux (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ).—The sign or figurehead of the Alexandrian ship in which St. Paul sailed from Malta (Act_28:11), perhaps one of those employed to bring corn to Rome. The Twins (Gemini) were the protectors of sailors; in mythology they were sons of Zeus and Leda, and were placed in the sky as a constellation for their brotherly love.
A. J. Maclean.