Pylades
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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 ● Feb. 3, 2023
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 ● Apr. 3, 2022
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 ● Apr. 3, 2022
As Orestes and his beloved friend Pylades, Stéphane Degout and Topi Lehtipuu give sterling performances, the latter making a high point of the exquisite aria “Unis dès la plus tendre enfance.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2009
“Yes,” Pylades answered, “but it will not take me long to deliver your message. Orestes, here is a letter. I bring it from your sister.”
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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