Peisander (mythology) explained

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]

See also

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

Notes

1. [Homer]
2. [Scholia]
3. Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.82b
4. Scholia on Homer's Iliad, 6.155.
5. [Diodorus Siculus]
6. [Pseudo-Clement]
7. [Homer]
8. [Homer]
9. [Homer]
10. [Homer]
11. [Homer]
12. [Quintus Smyrnaeus]
13. [Homer]
14. [Homer]
15. Quintus Smyrnaeus, 3.299
16. [Homer]
17. [Homer]

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
• Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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.