Peisander (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Peisander or Pisander (/paɪˈsændər, ˈpaɪˌsændər/; 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]
• Pisander, in Plutarch's Life of Aristides, one of the seven heroes to whom the Athenians, according to an oracle, had to sacrifice if they wanted to overcome their foes in the imminent battle. The other six were Androcrates, Leucon, Damocrates, Hypsion, Actaeon and Polyeidus.^[18]

See also

• Jovian asteroid 248183 Peisandros, named after the Trojan warrior killed by Agamemnon

Notes

References

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• Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
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• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.