Pylos

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Pylos [ˈpaɪlɒs]

(Placename) a port in SW Greece, in the SW Peloponnese; scene of a defeat of the Spartans by the Athenians (425 bc) during the Peloponnesian War and of the Battle of Navarino (see Navarino) Italian name Navarino Modern Greek name Pílos

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chide coal Linear B Navarino Pílos			First go to Pylos and ask Nestor; thence go on to Sparta and visit Menelaus, for he got home last of all the Achaeans; if you hear that your father is alive and on his way home, you can put up with the waste these suitors will make for yet another twelve months. The Odyssey by Homer View in context In one instance a considerable and characteristic section can be traced from extant fragments and notices: Salmoneus, son of Aeolus, had a daughter Tyro who bore to Poseidon two sons, Pelias and Neleus; the latter of these, king of Pylos, refused Heracles purification for the murder of Iphitus, whereupon Heracles attacked and sacked Pylos, killing amongst the other sons of Neleus Periclymenus, who had the power of changing himself into all manner of shapes. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context Two generations of men born and bred in Pylos had passed away under his rule, and he was now reigning over the third. The Iliad by Homer View in context			Pygostyle Pyin pyinkado pyinma pyjama pyjamas Pykar pyknic pyknic type pyknosis pyknotic Pyla Pylagore Pylangium Pyle Pylodictus Pylodictus olivaris pylon pylorectomy pyloric pyloric sphincter pyloric stenosis pyloric valve pyloric vein pylorus Pylos Pym Pynchon Pyne Pynoun pyo- pyocyanase Pyocyanin pyoderma pyogenesis pyogenic pyoid Pyoid corpuscles Pyongyang Pyopneumothorax pyorrhea pyorrhea alveolaris pyorrhoea pyosis Pyot Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyoxanthose pyr- Pyracanth			pyloric vein pyloric vein pyloristenosis Pylorize Pylorize Pylorize pyloro- pylorodiosis pyloroduodenitis pylorogastrectomy pyloromyotomy pyloroplasty pyloroscopy pylorospasm pylorospasm pylorostenosis pylorostenosis pylorostenosis pylorostomy pylorotomy pylorus pylorus pylorus Pylorus and Pyloric Vagus Preserving Gastrectomy Pylorus Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy Pylorus-Preserving Duodenopancreatectomy Pylorus-Preserving Total Pancreatectomy pyloruses pyloruses pyloruses Pylos Pylos Regional Archaeological Project Pylos, Greece Pylos, Greece PYLR Pylusd Pym Pym Pym Pym, Arthur Gordon Pym, Barbara Pym, John PYMA Pymantuning State Park Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology Pymatuning State Park Pymble Ladies' College PYME Pyment Pyment PYMF PYMK PYMNT Pymouth colony Pymouth colony PYMPV PYMR PYMS PYMV PYMWYMI

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