Pylia (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Pylia (Ancient Greek: Πυλία) was a Megarian princess as the daughter of the Lelegian king, Pylas of Megara.[1] In one account, she was called Peleia (Πελεία).[2]

Family

Pylia was the mother of the sons of Pandion II: Aegeus,[2] Lycus, Nisus and Pallas,[3] and possibly of a daughter who married her maternal uncle Sciron, the Megarian warlord and brother of Pylia.[4]

Mythology

Pylia was offered in marriage by Pylas to Pandion II who fled to her father in Megara after being expelled from Athens by his cousins, the Metionidae.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Apollodorus, 3.15.5; Pausanias, 1.5.3 where she was only known as the daughter of Pylas; Grimal (1981), p. 430 & (1990), p. 381; Bell (1991), p. 387; Hard (2004), pp. 374 & 566.
  2. ^ a b Tzetzes, Chiliades 5.676 (19)
  3. ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.5; Bell (1991), p. 387; Hard (2004), p. 712.
  4. ^ Pausanias, 1.39.6
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