Pylades

mythical friend of Orestes
Person mythological_greek_character Q494886
Pylades
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Pylades

Summary

Pylades is a mythological Greek character[1]. He draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #158 of 1,333).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pylades's father was Strophius[3].
  • Pylades's mother was Anaxibia[4].
  • Pylades's mother was Cyndragora[5].
  • Pylades's mother was Astyoche[6].
  • Pylades was married to Elektra[7].
  • A child of Pylades was Medon[8].
  • A child of Pylades was Strophius[9].
  • Pylades's image is recorded as Pylades orestes.jpg[10].
  • Pylades is recorded as male[11].
  • Pylades's instance of is recorded as mythological Greek character[12].
  • Pylades's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316449885[13].
  • Pylades's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 165497719[14].
  • Pylades's IdRef ID is recorded as 241554152[15].
  • Pylades's Commons category is recorded as Pylades[16].
  • Pylades's said to be the same as is recorded as Pylade[17].
  • Pylades's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kv5d[18].
  • Pylades's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0050912[19].
  • Pylades's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Pylades's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[21].
  • Pylades's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22].
  • Pylades's Sandrart.net person ID is recorded as 3899[23].
  • Pylades's present in work is recorded as The Libation Bearers[24].
  • Pylades's present in work is recorded as Electra[25].
  • Pylades's name in native language is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'Πυλάδης'}[26].
  • Pylades's British Museum person or institution ID is recorded as 59857[27].

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Origins and Family

Pylades's father was Strophius[3]. Mothers listed include Anaxibia[4], a mythological Greek character[28]; Cyndragora[5], a mythological Greek character[29]; and Astyoche[6], a mythological Greek character[30].

Personal Life

Pylades was married to Elektra[7]. Children include Medon[8], a mythological Greek character[31] and Strophius[9], a mythological Greek character[32].

Why It Matters

Pylades draws 144 Wikipedia views per month (mythological_greek_character category, ranking #158 of 1,333).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

FAQs

Who were Pylades's parents?

Pylades's father was Strophius[3]. Pylades's mother was Anaxibia[4].

Who was Pylades married to?

Pylades's spouses include Elektra[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Q45205696. wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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