In Greek mythology, Peisander or Pisander (; Ancient Greek: Πείσανδρος Peisandros) may refer to the following characters:
- Pisander, also called Isander,[1] a Lycian prince as son of Bellerophon and Philonoe, daughter of King Iobates. In some accounts, his mother was known as Alkimedousa,[2] Anticleia,[3] Pasandra or Cassandra.[4] Pisander's siblings were Hippolochus (father of Glaucus) and Laodamia (also called Deidamia[5] or Hippodamia,[6] mother of Sarpedon by Zeus).[7] He was slain by Ares, as he fought against the Solymi, a Lycian tribe.[8]
- Pisander, an Achaean soldier commanded a company of Myrmidons. He was the son of Maemalus.[9]
- Pisander, a Trojan warrior and son of Antimachus. He was the brother of Hippolochus,[10] Hippomachus,[11] and Tisiphone.[12] During the Trojan War, Pisander and Hippolochus asked Agamemnon for mercy and to be taken prisoner alive, saying that their rich father would pay a ransom for him. They were nevertheless slain by Agamemnon.[13]
- Pisander, another Trojan soldier who was killed by Menelaus.[14]
- Pisander, a native of Abydos in Troad and the father of Maenalus, a Trojan warrior.[15]
- Pisander, son of Polyctor and one of the suitors of Penelope from Same along with other 22 wooers.[16] He was slain by Philoetius during the assault of Odysseus.[17]
- ^ Homer, Iliad 6.203
- ^ Scholia on Homer's Iliad, 6.192.
- ^ Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.82b
- ^ Scholia on Homer's Iliad, 6.155.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.79.3
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
- ^ Homer, Iliad 6.196–197.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 6.203–204; Strabo, 12.8.5 & 13.4.16
- ^ Homer, Iliad 16.193
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.122 & 138.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 12.188–189.
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 1.406
- ^ Homer, Iliad 11.122 ff.
- ^ Homer, Iliad 13.601 ff.
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 3.299
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 18.299; Apollodorus, E.7.28.
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 22.267; Apollodorus, E.7.33.