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Pylades
[ pil-uh-deez ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
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The history of Pylades belongs to the second class; that of Strophius belongs to the first.
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On his faithful friend Pylades he bestowed the hand of his beloved sister, the good and faithful Electra.
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The passage in the Pylades from Athens to Smyrna was performed without accident or adventure.
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The two young men are friends: Pylades of Phocis, and Orestes, who is thought to be dead.
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Here he formed a friendship with Pylades, the son of that monarch, which was so true and constant that it passed into a proverb.
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