Κάστωρ
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
English (LSJ)
ορος, ὁ, Castor, Il.3.237, etc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Κάστωρ: -ορος, ὁ, ὑιὸς τοῦ Διὸς (ἢ τοῦ Τυνδάρεω) καὶ τῆς Λήδας, ἀδελφὸς δὲ τοῦ Πολυδεύκους, Ἰλ. Γ. 237 κἑξ., Ὀδ. Ξ. 204 κἑξ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ορος (ὁ) :
Castor, fils de Zeus ou de Tyndarée et de Léda, frère de Pollux.
Étymologie: κα = κατά et ἀστήρ, litt. la contre-étoile, càd l’astre qui brille à l’opposite de son frère jumeau Pollux = Πολυδεύκης « le très brillant ».
English (Autenrieth)
Castor.—(1) son of Zeus and Leda, brother of Polydeuces and Helen, famed for horsemanship (ἱππόδαμος), as participant in the hunt of the Calydonian boar, and in the Argonautic expedition, Il. 3.237, Od. 11.299 ff.— (2) son of Hylacus, Od. 14.204.
