# Pylas

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{{Short description|Mythical founder of Pylos, Greece}}
In [Greek mythology](/source/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](/source/Megara) and successor of his father [Cteson](/source/Cteson), son of [Lelex](/source/Lelex_(king_of_Megara)).<ref name="grimal">[Pierre Grimal](/source/Pierre_Grimal), ''A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', ed. Stephen Kershaw, Basil Blackwell Ltd 1990, p.&nbsp;381 ([https://archive.org/details/the-concise-dictionary-of-classical-mythology-pierre-grimal/page/380/mode/1up?view=theater online version]) & [(1981) p. 429](/source/iarchive%3Agrimal-pierre.-diccionario-de-mitologia-griega-y-romana-ocr-1981%2Fpage%2F428%2Fmode%2F1up)</ref><ref name="pauly">[Pauly-Wissowa](/source/Pauly-Wissowa), ''Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft'', vol.&nbsp;XXIII,2, pp.&nbsp;2109–2110 ([https://elexikon.ch/RE/XXIII,2_2109 online version])</ref><ref>Robin Hard, ''The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology'', Oxford 2004, pp.&nbsp;374, 566</ref>

== Mythology ==
After having slain [Bias](/source/Bias_(mythology)), his own paternal uncle, Pylas founded the town of [Pylos](/source/Pylos) in the [Peloponnese](/source/Peloponnese). He gave Megara to [Pandion](/source/Pandion_II) who had married his daughter [Pylia](/source/Pylia_(mythology)), and accordingly was his son-in-law.<ref name="grimal" /><ref name="pauly" />

Pylon was also the father of [Sciron](/source/Sciron), the warlord of Megara.<ref name="grimal" /><ref name="pauly" /><ref>Apollodorus, 3.15.6</ref>

== References ==
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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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;77–96]

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