Pylas

In Greek mythology, Pylas (Ancient Greek: Πύλας), also called Pylon^[1] or Pylos,^[2] was a king of Megara and successor of his father Cteson, son of Lelex.^[3][4][5]

Mythology

After having slain Bias, his own paternal uncle, Pylas founded the town of Pylos in the Peloponnese. He gave Megara to Pandion who had married his daughter Pylia, and accordingly was his son-in-law.^[3][4]

Pylon was also the father of Sciron, the warlord of Megara.^[3][4][6]

References

1. Pausanias, 6.22.3
2. Pausanias, 1.39.6
3. Pierre Grimal, A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology, ed. Stephen Kershaw, Basil Blackwell Ltd 1990, p. 381 (online version) & (1981) p. 429
4. Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, vol. XXIII,2, pp. 2109–2110 (online version)
5. Robin Hard, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology, Oxford 2004, pp. 374, 566
6. Apollodorus, 3.15.6

Further reading

• Herda, A., 2016: "Megara and Miletos: Colonizing with Apollo. A Structural Comparison of Religious and Political Institutions in Two Archaic Greek Polis States." In: A. Robu, I. Bîrzescu, D. Knoepfler, and A. Avram (eds.), Mégarika. Nouvelles recherches sur Mégare et les cités de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin. Paris, pp. 15–128
• Solez, K., 2018: "Megarian Myths: Extrapolating the Narrative Traditions of Megara." In: Megarian Moments. The Local World of an Ancient Greek City-State, chapter 3; Teiresias Supplements Online, Vol. 1, pp. 77–96