In Greek mythology, Peisistratus () was a prince of Pylos in Messenia.
Family Peisistratus was the youngest son of King NestorHerodotus, 5.56Pausanias, 2.18.8 either by Eurydice or Anaxibia.Homer, Odyssey 3.451–52 He was the brother to Thrasymedes, Pisidice, Polycaste, Perseus, Stratichus, Aretus, Echephron, and Antilochus.
Mythology Peisistratus became an intimate friend of Telemachus, son of Odysseus, and travelled with him on his unsuccessful search for his father.Homer, Odyssey 3.36-400 Like Telemachus, Peisistratus was only a small boy when his father (and brothers Antilochus and Thrasymedes) left to fight in the Trojan War.
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