McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Anaces

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Anaces


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Castor and Pollux were so called, either from the cessation of the war, ἀíï÷ή , which they had undertaken to rescue their sister Helen, whom Theseus had carried off; or from their singular care to preserve the city Aphidnae, which they had reduced to submission, from the ravages of the soldiers. The Greek word ἃíáêåò literally means kings.