Heads of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. Twin half brothers borne of Leda, Castor the son of King Tyndareus, Pollux the son of Zeus. In crowns of wild olive leaves, Laconic caps with stars above their heads. Castore e Polluce. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell' Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de’Lazari, Rome, 1699.

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