entity_sources: ENT_CASTOR, SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY, direct attestation
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| entity_id | source_id | evidence_type | source_note |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_CASTOR | SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY | direct attestation | Castor is named in Iliad III.236-244 (the Teichoscopia: Helen looks for her brothers Castor and Polydeuces on the battlefield but notes they are not visible, not knowing they are already dead in Sparta); Odyssey XI.300-304 (they alternate life and death each day) |