In Greek mythology, Isander or Isandrus () or Peisander was a Lycian prince and the son of King Bellerophon.
Family Isander's mother was Philonoe, daughter of the King Iobates.Homer, Iliad 6.196–197; Apollodorus, 2.3.1 In some accounts, she was also known as Alkimedousa,Scholia on Homer, Iliad 6.192 Anticleia,Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 13.82b Pasandra or Cassandra.Scholia on Homer, Iliad 6.155 Isander's siblings were Hippolochus (father of Glaucus) and Laodamia (also called DeidamiaDiodorus Siculus, 5.79.3 or Hippodamia,Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21 mother of Sarpedon by Zeus).Homer, Iliad 6.196–197
Mythology Isander was slain by Ares, as he fought against the "glorious" Solymi, a Lycian tribe.Homer, Iliad 6.203–204; Strabo, 12.8.5 & 13.4.16 His misfortune was said to be in compensation of the previous victories of his father Bellerophon.Tzetzes, Chiliades 7.860 ff.
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