Leda and the Swan (Peter Paul Rubens) either Zeus or Tyndareus, each man is said to be the father of all four children. Castor and Pollux were called the Dioscuri meaning “Zeus’s sons,” even though Castor was mortal because he was the son of Tyndareus and Pollux was immortal because he was the son of Zeus. According to Hermes in Lucians’ "The Dialogues of the Dead", Leda and her daughter (Helen of Troy) are the only women worthy of the title “beauties of old.” Rubens’s depictions of Leda clearly embody the phrase. With Leda’s curvy figure, alabaster skin, and golden hair, she is a sight to behold.
Castor, the Twin was a god, their mother human. Consequently, Castor was born human, while Pollux immortal. Castor is the milder of the two. Dessa said, "To me, many of the songs on "Castor" are the more organic 'twins' to the versions that were recorded for previous, highly produced projects like "A Badly Broken Code" or Paper Tiger's "Made Like Us". There's a human quality to these recordings that I hoped to convey in the title." In an interview with "The Indie Spiritualist", Dessa talked about the responses. "In the end, I was heartened by the responses of listeners, who seemed to really