Δῐόσ-κοροι
(the Attic dialect form, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 212), Ionic dialect and later Διόσκουροι, οἱ, the sons of Zeus, i. e. the twins of Leda, Castor and Polydeuces, [[ “Hymni Homerici” 33.1, etc.: dual Διοσκόρω, τώ, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 285, “Ec.” 1069, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 465, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 9, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 846, 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 21.253d: _sing._ uncertain in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 120, cf. Varro “LL” 5.66: Διόσκοροι is required by metre in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1643, “El.” 1239] Refs 6th c.BC+]: -κούρων [[5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 293a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; -κόρων [[[prev. author] “Lg.” 796b, codex Laur. in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.75: both forms in codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.43, 6.127. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II constellation named from them the Twins, [[ 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 10. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III ={παρωτίδες}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.440, 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 410.17. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]