person
Pylades
also: Phocian youth
The Phocian youth, devoted friend of Orestes; their friendship is the human parallel to the parrot and its turtledove.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.6 Phocian youth
Pylades, the devoted friend of Orestes; his loyalty mirrors the turtledove's to the parrot.
- The Art of Love §1.24 Pylades
Faithful friend of Orestes who loved Hermione without betraying him.
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.3 young Phocian
Pylades, the Phocian who stood by the maddened Orestes; one of the proverbial pairs of loyal friends Ovid invokes for Cotta's constancy.
- The Cure for Love §18 Pylades
The devoted friend of Orestes, type of steadfast companionship.
- Sorrows §1.5 Phocian
Pylades the Phocian, Orestes' inseparable friend, 'the example of true love.'