The divine twins Castor and Pollux have had a venerable and persistent cult tradition in the Greek and Roman world.

Their images were durable enough to make their way into early Christianity. This article revolves around the appearance of the Dioscuri on fourth- and fifth-century ceramic wares from North Africa with a veiled Christian content.

The mythic and iconographic background of the twins in earlier imperial art is traced and the iconological connotations of their imagery is explored. In spite of the long knowledge of the North African ceramics with images of the Dioscuri, they have never attained a comfortable position in histories of Christian art, but the integration of the twins into Christian iconographic contexts can be revalidated with a review of inscriptions that accompany them. It is also clear that some of their earlier connotations accompanied them into their new setting. The twins represent a notable instance of syncretism in early Christian times.

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1. CASE 185: Twins
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