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Peisistratus of Pylos

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In Greek mythology, Peisistratus or Pisistratus (Ancient Greek: Πεισίστρατος, romanizedPeisistratos) was a prince of Pylos in Messenia.

Family

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Pisistratus was the youngest son of King Nestor[1][2] either by Eurydice[3] or Anaxibia.[4] He was the brother to Thrasymedes, Pisidice, Polycaste, Perseus, Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron, and Antilochus.

Mythology

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Pisistratus became an intimate friend of Telemachus, son of Odysseus, and travelled with him on his unsuccessful search for his father.[5] Like Telemachus, Pisistratus was only a small boy when his father (and brothers Antilochus and Thrasymedes) left to fight in the Trojan War.

Notes

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  1. ^ Herodotus, 5.56
  2. ^ Pausanias, 2.18.8
  3. ^ "Apollodorus, Library, book 1, chapter 9, section 9". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. ^ Homer, Odyssey 3.451–52
  5. ^ Homer, Odyssey 3.36-400

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