Pylades
Pylades ( Greek Πυλάδης ) is in Greek mythology the son of King Strophios of Phocis and Anaxibia , sister of Agamemnon (who is also known as Kydragora or Astyoche).
He is the loyal companion and friend of the young Orestes , who grew up with him. He later marries his sister Elektra and with her they have sons Medon and Strophius .
In the epics of Homer Pylades is not mentioned. He plays an important role above all in the tragedies of the classical period such as Aeschylus ' Choephoren and Euripides ' Orestes and Iphigenia among the Taurians, as well as their post-ancient adaptations such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris and the opera Iphigénie en Tauride .
literature
- Paul Weizsäcker : Pylades . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 3319-3322 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Commons : Pylades - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Pylades in Greek Myth Index (English)