Pollux may refer to:

People

Julius Pollux Julius Pollux (, ''Ioulios Polydeukes''; fl. 2nd century) was a Greeks, Greek scholar and rhetorician from Naucratis, Ancient Egypt.Andrew Dalby, ''Food in the Ancient World: From A to Z'', p.265, Routledge, 2003 Emperor Commodus appointed him a pr ...

, also known as Ioulios Poludeukes (2nd century A.D), a Greek rhetorician *

Pollux (mythology) Castor and Pollux (or Polydeuces) are twin half-brothers in Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology, known together as the Dioscuri or Dioskouroi. Their mother was Leda (mythology), Leda, but they had different fathers; Castor was the mortal ...

or Polydeuces, one of the Dioscuri and twin brother of Castor

Astronomy

Pollux (star) Pollux is the brightest star in the constellation of Gemini (constellation), Gemini. It has the Bayer designation β Geminorum, which is Latinisation of names, Latinised to Beta Geminorum and abbreviated Beta Gem or β Gem. This is an ora ...

, the brightest star in the Gemini constellation, also designated β Geminorum *Pollux, a crater on the Saturnian moon

Epimetheus In Greek mythology, Epimetheus (; ) is the brother of Prometheus, the pair serving "as representatives of mankind". Both sons of the Titan Iapetus, while Prometheus ("foresight") is ingeniously clever, Epimetheus ("hindsight") is inept and fool ...

Games

*Pollux, a character in the erotic anime series ''

Words Worth is a Japanese adult role-playing video game originally released for NEC PC-98 computer systems, and remade for Microsoft Windows. The game's story is linear, with only one story decision near the end, leading to one of five different endin ...

'' * ''Pollux'' (arcade game), an arcade game manufactured by Dooyong in 1991 * Pollux Gamelabs, a Danish game development company. *Pollux Engine, a game engine used in '' Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time''

Ships

*, the name of more than one ship *, the name of more than one United States Navy ship * was known as ''Pollux'' in 1994-1995 * ''Pollux'' (1900), Polish

tugboat A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, suc ...

from the

interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( ...

Other uses

Kastor und Pollux Kastor und Pollux, also known as Forum Frankfurt, are two high-rise buildings in the Gallus district of Frankfurt, Germany. The twin towers, which are 22 and 33 floors, respectively, were named after Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri of Greek and ...

, a complex of two towers in Frankfurt am Main, Germany *

Mount Pollux Mount Pollux is a mountain in New Zealand. Description Mount Pollux is located 1.5 kilometre southwest of Mount Castor on the crest or Main Divide of the Southern Alps. The summit is set on the boundary shared by the Otago and West Coast Regi ...

, a mountain in New Zealand *''Pollux'', a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the

South Devon Railway Eagle class The ''Eagle'' class were sixteen broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway (SDR), Cornwall Railway (CR) and associated adjacent railways. They were designed for passenger trains on this steep and sharply curved line but were ...

* ''Pollux'' (mite), a genus in the mite family

Erythraeidae Erythraeidae is a family of mites belonging to the Trombidiformes. Larval forms of these mites are parasitic on various other arthropods, for example harvestmen, but the adults are free-living predators. These oval mites are rather large, usually ...

Pollux (mountain) Pollux () is a mountain in the Pennine Alps on the border between Valais, Switzerland and the Aosta Valley in Italy. It is the lower of a pair of twin peaks (), the other being Castor, named after the Gemini twins of Roman mythology. Pollux' p ...

, a mountain in the Pennine Alps, in Italy and Switzerland * Pollux Peak, a mountain in Yellowstone National Park, US *

Pollux Temple Pollux Temple is a summit in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. It is situated ten miles northwest of Grand Canyon Village, and less than one mile northeast of Jicarilla Point. Castor Temple is one mile northwest, ...

, a summit in the Grand Canyon, US *

RTV-N-15 Pollux The CTV-N-2 Gorgon IIC – also designated KGN, KUN, and CTV-2 – was an experimental drone, originally intended as a surface-to-surface missile, developed by the United States Navy near the end of World War II. It was used to test control and ho ...

, an experimental pulsejet-powered research missile of the U.S. Navy {{disambig, geo, ship, surname