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: [[Διοσκόρω]] du. (Att.; alco [[Διόσκοροι]])<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 [[βασιλήϊα]] etc.) <b class="b2">feast of the D.</b> (inscr.), [[Διοσκουριασταί]] nam of the worshippers (pap.; cf. [[Διονυσιασταί]]), [[Διοσκουριάς]] a town.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]\/GR<br />Etymology: Univerbation of <b class="b3">Διὸς κοῦροι</b> ([[κόρω]]), cf. Schwyzer 427 and 445. S. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Ζεύς]] and <b class="b3">κόρος 2.</b> Cf. also [[Τυνδαρίδαι]]. - On the Dioskouroi Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 406ff..