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From the old temple at Cori, only three columns remain.
The town of Cori, the ancient Cora, contains the ruins of the Temple of Hercules, as well as the more fragmentary Temple of the Dioscuri. Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, were two semi-divine half brothers (sons of Leda, Zeus, and Tyndareus, the king of Sparta), with Pollux being immortal and Castor becoming immortal after they were transformed into the constellation Gemini. They are also the brothers of twin sisters Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. Their cult was popular in the Roman world, and their temple in Cori would have dominated the city’s skyline from an early age. Archaeologists believe that a previous temple occupied the spot before two magistrates rebuilt it in the first century.
