" Dioscuri  "

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Once there were two twins who ascended to the heavens above, becoming the shining constellation of Gemini.
The name Dioscuri holds the meaning of “child of Zeus”.
Within the 3rd century BC book “Catasterismi” it is said that the constellation of Gemini is the Dioscuri, and that the twins were respectively called Castor and Pollux.
It is in Laconia (the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula) where not long after being witnessed together they ascended to the heavens. A love surpassing what was held between this brother and sister was never to be seen again. Out of wanting to forever remember the close relationship the two held, Zeus created a constellation using the stars of two independent formations, thus naming the constellation Gemini.