Mortal · Character in Homer’s Odyssey
Peisistratus
Nestor's son, the road companion
The perfect younger son; minds the horses and says the right things.
Nestor's youngest son, sent along as Telemachus' companion for the land journey to Sparta — a friend his own age, the first he has had. He drives the chariot, smooths the introductions, and manages the polite escape from Menelaus' hospitality on the way home.
Bonds
- Peisistratus son of Nestor — youngest at his table
- Peisistratus companion of Telemachus — the road to Sparta and back
Appears in
- Book III Interview of Telemachus with Nestor
- Book IV Conference of Telemachus and Menelaus
- Book XV Return of Telemachus
Scenes
- Prayer to Poseidon — Book III. Peisistratus seats them, Athena prays
- Household Retires — Book III. Nestor vows sacrifice, household retires
- Ordering the Sacrifice — Book III. Nestor orders heifer gilded for Athena
- Feast and Bath — Book III. Heifer slain, Polycaste bathes Telemachus
- Chariot to Sparta — Book III. Nestor yokes chariot for Sparta
- Peisistratus Confirms His Friend — Book IV. Peisistratus confirms him, talk draws tears
- Grief Set Aside — Book IV. Peisistratus asks to postpone sorrow
- Rousing Peisistratus — Book XV. Telemachus hurries, Peisistratus urges delay
- Gifts and Farewell Feast — Book XV. Menelaus and Helen give goblet, robe
- Eagle and Prophecy — Book XV. Helen reads the eagle omen as return
- Journey to Pylos — Book XV. Telemachus reaches Pylos, avoids Nestor
- Melampus’s Line — Book XV. Peisistratus leaves, poet traces Melampus