Pylades

[ pil-uh-deez ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.

Example Sentences

The string of islands between Valdes and Vancouver islands is known as the De Courcy Group, including Mudge, De Courcy, Pylades and others.

From Seattle Times

Kushtrim Hoxha, a Kosovan actor, is also strangely compelling as Pylades, Orestes’s choreographer friend from Berlin — a representative of the non-Balkan Western world and its condescension toward the region.

From New York Times

When Pylades asks him about his experiences in the war, his answers are unnerving, but the slow smile on his face is even more so.

From New York Times

He watched the procession move off, Iphigenia leading with the image, Orestes and Pylades following, and attendants carrying vessels for the purifying rite.

From Literature

He went to the home he had not seen since he was a little boy, and with him went his cousin and friend Pylades.

From Literature