n this essay, I have chosen to discuss the constellation of Gemini, or, as known in Latin, The Twins. This constellation is of particular interest to me mainly due to the mythology that surrounds it. Gemini is located in the Northern hemisphere and, as previously mentioned is known in Latin as The Twins. The two brightest stars in this constellation are known as Pollux and Castor respectively. This may largely be based off the myths large acceptance of Pollux being the immortal twin of the pair. (More information on which will be outlined below.)
The Gemini constellation is said to represent the twins Castor and Pollux in popular Greek mythology. There is much debate surrounding the Twins’ parentage, but it is largely accepted that their mother was Queen Leda of Sparta, and that she was raped by Zeus in the guise of a swan. Leda, after which, became pregnant with Helen, (who went on to be more famously known as Helen of Troy,) and Pollux. Then, later
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Of all the suitors that Zeus witnessed and could have chosen for such an alluring Goddess, he chose Hephaestus. The God of the forge. He was handsome, as all the Gods were, but was lame. A fact that Aphrodite could not help but turn her delicate nose up at. When she appealed to the mighty thunderer, his only answer was that he had chosen the best match for her in terms of preventing a war on Olympus over her beauty. But naturally, she was not satisfied with his choice in husband for her.
Refusing to come down from her ivory tower even when her husband to be had arrived with her bride gifts. There she stayed, lamenting in her room until long into the dusk when Selene departed in her fine silver chariot drawn by winged steeds into the sea.
Only then did she dry her bright eyes and flash down to the temple where her gifts had been lain in a shining