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Pylades

American  
[pil-uh-deez] / ˈpɪl əˌdiz /

noun

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


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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

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

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

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

Orestes and Pylades were to go to the palace claiming to be the bearers of a message that Orestes had died.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton