PYLADES, a son of Strophius, king of Phocis, by one of the sisters of Agamemnon. He was educated together with his cousin Orestes, with whom he formed the most inviolable friendship, and whom he assisted to revenge the murder of Agamemnon, by assassinating Clytemnestra and Ægythius. He also accompanied him into Taurica Chersonesus; and for his services
Pyramids. vices Orestes rewarded him, by giving him his sister Electra in marriage. Pyrides had by her two sons, Medon and Strophius. The friendship of Orestes and Pyrides became proverbial.