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POLLUX is the Latin name for the Greek hero Polydeuces, twin brother of Castor, brothers of Helen. It is also the name of the beta or second brightest star in the constellation Gemini, in the head of the figure Pollux; it lies in the northern hemisphere (Tetrabiblos I.9).

The Learned Eagle, with the Dreamer in his claws, flies by the zodiacal sign, HF I.1006. [Castor: Gemini: Mercurie]

The name appears medially.

Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, ed. and trans. F.E. Robbins, 49.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.
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