Διόσκουροι: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: pl.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">Sons of Zeus</b>, name of the young gods Castor and Polydeukes (ion. hell.)<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">Διοσκόρω</b> du. (Att.; alco <b class="b3">Διόσκοροι</b>)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Διοσκο(ύ)ρειον</b>, <b class="b3">-ριον</b> <b class="b2">temple of the D.</b> (Att. etc.), <b class="b3">τὰ Διοσκο(ύ)ρ(ε)ια</b>, <b class="b3">-ήϊα</b> (after <b class="b3">βασιλήϊα</b> etc.) <b class="b2">feast of the D.</b> (inscr.), <b class="b3">Διοσκουριασταί</b> nam of the worshippers (pap.; cf. <b class="b3">Διονυσιασταί</b>), <b class="b3">Διοσκουριάς</b> a town.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]\/GR<br />Etymology: Univerbation of <b class="b3">Διὸς κοῦροι</b> (<b class="b3">κόρω</b>), cf. Schwyzer 427 and 445. S. s.v. <b class="b3">Ζεύς</b> and <b class="b3">κόρος 2.</b> Cf. also <b class="b3">Τυνδαρίδαι</b>. - On the Dioskouroi Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 406ff..