An antique fresco in Pompeii depicting a scene from 'Iphigenia among the Taurians' showing Orestes, Pylades and King Thoas
In Greek mythology, Pylades (/ˈpaɪlədiːz/; Ancient Greek: Πυλάδης) was a Phocian prince as the son of King Strophius and Anaxibia who is the daughter of Atreus and sister of Agamemnon and Menelaus.[1][2] He is mostly known for his relationship with his cousin Orestes, son of Agamemnon.
^Robin Hard, The Routledge Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology, 2008, p. 708
^Hard, Robin (2004). The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology. New York: Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 510, 566, 705, 708. ISBN 0-203-44633-X.
With the assistance of his friend Pylades, Orestes kills his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. While Pylades seems to be a very minor character...
to go, but he implored Pylades to deliver the letter while he stays to be slain. After a conflict of mutual affection, Pylades at last yielded, but the...
ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pylades after Pylades, a character in Greek mythology: HMS Pylades (1781) was an 18-gun sloop, previously the...
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refuses to go, and bids Pylades to take the letter while Orestes will stay to be slain. After a conflict of mutual affection, Pylades at last yields, and...
Hypsioma pylades is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Dillon and Dillon in 1945. It is known from Brazil. BioLib.cz...
met when Orestes and Pylades were brought to Iphigenia to be prepared for sacrifice to Artemis. Iphigeneia, Orestes, and Pylades escaped from Tauris....
sacrificed, and that Pylades be sent home with the letter, because Orestes brought Pylades on this trip, and it would not be right for Pylades to die while Orestes...
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Cecropterus pylades, the northern cloudywing, is a butterfly species of the family Hesperiidae. The wingspan of C. pylades is between 32 and 47 mm. Both...
of Pylades and Astydameia. When Orestes was hiding from his murderous mother, Clytemnestra, Strophius hid him. During this time, Orestes and Pylades became...
the coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located between the Pylades and Stuart Channels approximately 16 km (9.9 mi) southeast of Nanaimo and...
bell-krater (c. 330 BC), showing Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of Apollo, with the Pythia sitting behind...
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