Peisander (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Peisander or Pisander (Ancient Greek: Πείσανδρος Peisandros) may refer to the following characters:

• Pisander, also called Isander,[1] son of Bellerophon and Philonoe. He was slain by Ares, as he fought against the Solymi, a Lycian tribe.[2]
• Pisander, an Achaean soldier commanded a company of Myrmidons. He was the son of Maemalus.[3]
• Pisander, a Trojan warrior who asked for mercy and to be taken prisoner alive, saying his rich father Antimachus would pay a ransom for him. He was nevertheless killed by Agamemnon.[4]
• Pisander, another Trojan soldier who was killed by Menelaus.[5]
• Pisander, a native of Abydos in Troad and the father of Maenalus, a Trojan warrior.[6]
• Pisander, son of Polyctor and one of the suitors of Penelope from Same. He was slain by Philoetius during the assault of Odysseus.[7][8]

See also

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

Notes

1. Homer, Iliad 6.203
2. Strabo, Geographica 12.8.5 & 13.4.16
3. Homer, Iliad 16.193
4. Homer, Iliad 11.122 ff
5. Homer, Iliad 13.601 ff
6. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 3.299
7. Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, Epitome of Book 4, 7.26 ff
8. Homer, Odyssey 18.299 & 22.267

References

• 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-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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.