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by Dan Diffendale
published on 09 June 2016

A red-figure vase possibly depicting Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri), the hero twins of Greek mythology. 420-400 BCE, Lucanian. (Museo Provinciale Archeologico 'S. Castromediano,' Lecce, Italy)

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