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B. The Twin Brothers (Dioscuri), the mythical sons of Jupiter,
Castor and Pollux were especially honored by sailors. The
constellation Gemini is named for them.
C. The ship had figureheads of these Twin Brothers on the bow.
D. Rhegium, their second port of call on the way to Rome, also
honored The Twin Brothers.
Acts 28:12, 13, And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days.
And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and
after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to
Puteoli:
I. The ship docked at Syracuse and remained there three days.
A. Syracuse was 90 miles north of Malta.
II. A circuit was made and then the ship docked at Rhegium, located 75
miles north of Syracuse, where it remained for one day.
A. A circuit, circle was made because of the wind direction.
B. Rhegium is on the toe of Italy at the extremity of the strait of
Massena.
C. The favorable south wind enabled the ship to travel between
Sicily and the Italian mainland thus avoiding a trip around
Sicily.
III. A south wind, a very favorable wind, arose which took the ship in
two days to Puteoli, 210 miles north of Rhegium.
A. Puteoli, located 130 miles south of Rome, was a port of major
importance, located eight miles north of Naples.
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