Pylades

Mortal Phocian prince, son of Strophius and Anaxibia (sister of Agamemnon), hence first cousin of Orestes; the proverbial faithful companion who shares the matricide and the Taurian rescue and weds Electra. Mortal-tier (the Atreid divine share is exhausted at this depth).

Parentage

• Strophius
• Anaxibia

Domains

• loyalty

Relations

• father: Strophius
• mother: Anaxibia
• spouse: Electra
• companion: Orestes

Sources

• Aeschylus Libation Bearers; Sophocles Electra; Euripides Iphigenia among the Taurians, Orestes, Electra; Pausanias 2.16.7, 2.29.4; Apollodorus Epitome 6.24-25
• Paus. 2.29.4; schol. Eur. Or. 33 (son of Strophius and Anaxibia sister of Agamemnon)