# Kastor — Victory Odes character guide

> Kastor in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Tyndareus, Kastor Tyndareus

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

One of the Dioscuri, twin brother of Polydeukes, patron of horsemen.

## In the story

### [III For Theron of Akragas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/iii)

Invoked as one of the Tyndarids, lords of hospitality, along with Polydeukes.

### [V For Arkesilas of Kyrene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/v)

Invoked as the one who calmed the storm and brought peace to Arkesilas' hearth.

### [XI For Thrasydaius of Thebes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/xi)

Cited alongside Polydeukes as a god-born twin whose might lives on through poetry.

### [X For Theaius of Argos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/x)

One of the Tyndarid heroes, whose guest-welcome to Pamphaes brought athletic prowess to Theaius's lineage.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/i)

Heroic charioteer from Lacedaemon, compared to Herodotus.

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