Mythical founder of Pylos, Greece
In Greek mythology, Pylas (Ancient Greek: Πύλας), also called Pylon[1] or Pylos,[2] was a king of Megara and successor of his father Cteson, son of Lelex.[3][4][5]
- ^ Pausanias, 6.22.3
- ^ Pausanias, 1.39.6
- ^ Pierre Grimal, A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology, ed. Stephen Kershaw, Basil Blackwell Ltd 1990, p. 381 (online version) & (1981) p. 429
- ^ Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft, vol. XXIII,2, pp. 2109–2110 (online version)
- ^ Robin Hard, The Routledge Handboook of Greek Mythology, Oxford 2004, pp. 374, 566