{{Short description|Mythical founder of Pylos, Greece}} In Greek mythology, '''Pylas''' ({{Langx|grc|Πύλας}}), also called '''Pylon'''<ref>Pausanias, 6.22.3</ref> or '''Pylos''',<ref>Pausanias, 1.39.6</ref> was a king of Megara and successor of his father Cteson, son of Lelex.<ref name="grimal">Pierre Grimal, ''A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', ed. Stephen Kershaw, Basil Blackwell Ltd 1990, p. 381 ([https://archive.org/details/the-concise-dictionary-of-classical-mythology-pierre-grimal/page/380/mode/1up?view=theater online version]) & (1981) p. 429</ref><ref name="pauly">Pauly-Wissowa, ''Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'', vol. XXIII,2, pp. 2109–2110 ([https://elexikon.ch/RE/XXIII,2_2109 online version])</ref><ref>Robin Hard, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology'', Oxford 2004, pp. 374, 566</ref>
== 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.<ref name="grimal" /><ref name="pauly" />
Pylon was also the father of Sciron, the warlord of Megara.<ref name="grimal" /><ref name="pauly" /><ref>Apollodorus, 3.15.6</ref>
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== 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 * [https://www.uni-muenster.de/Ejournals/index.php/tso/article/view/2424 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]
Category:Princes in Greek mythology Category:Kings in Greek mythology Category:Mythological Megarians Category:Attic mythology Category:Messenian mythology
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