Pylos

Pylos

Pylus

More information on Pylos is available at the Pleiades project.

settlement

Events
  1. Neleus founds Pylus
  2. Neleus marries Chloris and has children
  3. Hercules kills sons of Neleus
  4. Amythaon marries and has children
  5. Melampus gets his ears cleaned by snakes, understands birds, and becomes a prophet
  6. Melampus brings Pero to Bias
  7. Neleus refuses to purify Hercules of the murder of Iphitus
  8. Hercules wounds Hades
  9. Hermes hides Apollo’s cattle in a cave
  10. Hermes sacrifices some of Apollo’s cattle
  11. Apollo discovers his missing cattle
  12. Hermes returns Apollo’s cattle to him
  13. Apollo trades his cows for Hermes’ lyre
  14. Pylas goes to Pelopponnese and founds the city of Pylus
  15. Nestor and the Pylians send ships to Troy
  16. Hermes trades his pipe to Apollo
  17. The Pylians and the Epeans fight over cattle-raids
  18. Nestor kills Itymoneus
  19. Hercules kills all the best men of Pylos, except Nestor
  20. Nestor kills Moulios
People
  1. Alastor
  2. Amythaon
  3. Apollo
  4. Asterius
  5. Bias
  6. Chloris
  7. Deimachus
  8. Epilaus
  9. Eurybius
  10. Eurymenes
  11. Evagoras
  12. Hades
  13. Hercules
  14. Hermes
  15. Idomene
  16. Itymoneus
  17. Melampus
  18. Moulios
  19. Neleus
  20. Nestor
  21. Periclymenus
  22. Pero
  23. Phrasius
  24. Pylas
  25. Pylaon
  26. Taurus
Groups
  1. Eleans
  2. Pylians
  3. Pylians vs Troy
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.9
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.11
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 9.12
  4. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.3
  5. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 10.2
  6. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 15.5
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 250
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 1, Section 265
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 50
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 75
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 590
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 541
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 147
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 9, Section 266
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 668
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 706
  17. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 11, Section 742
  18. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 301
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 26.8
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 1.3
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 2.5
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 3.7
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 18.1
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 23.1
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 31.11
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 36.1
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 36.2
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 36.5
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 36.7
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