Not to be confused with Pollex, the Latin word for "thumb

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Pollux may refer to:

Astronomy

• Pollux (star)
  Pollux (star)
  Pollux is an orange giant star approximately 34 light-years from the Earth in the constellation of Gemini . Pollux is the brightest star in the constellation, brighter than Castor...
  
  , (β Geminorum)
• Pollux, a crater on the Saturnian moon Epimetheus
  Epimetheus (moon)
  Epimetheus is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn XI. It is named after the mythological Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus.-Discovery:Epimetheus occupies essentially the same orbit as the moon Janus...
  
  

Fictional characters

• Pollux Black, a pureblood wizard, grandfather of Sirius Black in the Harry Potter universe
  Harry Potter universe
  The fictional universe of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of fantasy novels comprises two separate and distinct societies: the wizarding world and the Muggle world...
  
  

Games

• Pollux, a monster in the online game Granado Espada
  Granado Espada
  *Granado Espada, also known as Sword of the New World: Granado Espada in North America , is a Korean fantasy MMORPG developed by IMC Games Co.,Ltd., and published in North America by K2 Network. It was launched in the summer of 2007...
  
  
• Pollux, a character in the erotic anime series Words Worth
  Words Worth
  is a five-part animated pornographic direct-to-video series and a RPG computer game. It also has a side story series, Words Worth Gaiden . The game's story is linear, with only one story decision near the end, leading to one of five different endings...
  
  
• Pollux (arcade game)
  Pollux (arcade game)
  Pollux is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game. It was developed by Dooyong and published by Atlus, released only in Asian arcades in 1991.-Story:...
  
  , an arcade game manufactured by Dooyong in 1991
• Pollux Gamelabs
  Pollux Gamelabs
  Pollux Gamelabs was a Danish game development company. It was started in May 2004 by Flemming Pedersen, later joined by 3 friends and in March 2005 the company moved into the IT-University...
  
  , a Danish game development company.
• The Pollux Engine, a game engine developed by Square-Enix for easy porting between the Wii and Nintendo DS systems, used in both versions of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
  Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
  is a Wii and Nintendo DS action role-playing game in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series developed by Square Enix.The game was released in Japan on January 29, 2009. The North American version was released on March 24, 2009 and the European version was released on March 27, 2009...
  
  

Geography

• Pollux (mountain)
  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...
  
  , a mountain in the Pennine Alps, in Italy and Switzerland

Mythology

• Pollux or Polydeuces, one of the Gemini twins; see Castor and Pollux
  Castor and Pollux
  In Greek and Roman mythology, Castor and Pollux or Polydeuces were twin brothers, together known as the Dioscuri . Their mother was Leda, but Castor was the mortal son of Tyndareus, king of Sparta, and Pollux the divine son of Zeus, who visited Leda in the guise of a swan...
  
  

People

• Julius Pollux
  Julius Pollux
  Julius Pollux was a Greek or Egyptian grammarian and sophist from Alexandria who taught at Athens, where he was appointed professor of rhetoric at the Academy by the emperor Commodus — on account of his melodious voice, according to Philostratus' Lives of the Sophists. Nothing of his...
  
  , also known as Ioulios Poludeukes (2nd century A.D), a Greek rhetorician

Railroads

• Pollux, a South Devon Railway 4-4-0ST steam locomotive of the South Devon Railway Eagle class
  South Devon Railway Eagle class
  The Eagle class were sixteen 4-4-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and associated adjacent railways...
  
  

Ships, a whaler and exploration ship originally named SS Pollux, the name of more than one ship, ex-T-AK-290, a vehicle cargo ship in non-commissioned Military Sealift Command service as USNS Pollux (T-AKR-290) from 1981 to 2007, since 2007 maintained by the United States Maritime Administration as part of the Ready Reserve Force, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

Television

• EAS Pollux
  EAS Pollux
  The Omega class destroyer E.A.S. Pollux was an Earth Alliance starship in the Babylon 5 science fiction universe. She was named after Pollux from Greek mythology, who was a son of Leda and the Swan - who was the God Jupiter in disguise....
  
  , a spaceship in the television series Babylon 5
• Pollux, a dog in the French television series Le Manège Enchanté, known as Dougal in the English version, The Magic Roundabout
  The Magic Roundabout
  The Magic Roundabout was a children's television programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot...