Place in Homer’s Odyssey
Pylos
Nestor's sandy shore
Telemachus' first stop, where he lands in the middle of a great sacrifice to Poseidon and gets his first welcome as a grown man.
Bonds
- Nestor king of Pylos — aged ruler of sandy Pylos
- Telemachus visits Pylos — first stop in his search
Appears in
- Book I Visit of Athena to Telemachus
- Book II Departure of Telemachus from Ithaca
- Book III Interview of Telemachus with Nestor
- Book IV Conference of Telemachus and Menelaus
- Book XIV Meeting of Odysseus and Eumaeus
- Book XV Return of Telemachus
Scenes
- Athena pleads for Odysseus — Book I. Athena begs Zeus, plans to send Hermes
- Athena counsels a voyage — Book I. Athena urges Telemachus toward Pylos, Sparta
- Eurymachus Scoffs — Book II. Eurymachus mocks, Telemachus seeks ship
- Antinoüs’s Mockery — Book II. Antinoüs mocks, Telemachus vows revenge
- Suitors’ Taunts — Book II. Suitors taunt Telemachus, hope he drowns
- Provisions from Eurycleia — Book II. Telemachus secretly asks Eurycleia to pack
- Landing at Pylos — Book III. Telemachus, Mentor arrive at Poseidon’s rite
- Prayer to Poseidon — Book III. Peisistratus seats them, Athena prays
- The Fleet’s Quarrel — Book III. Nestor recalls Atreus brothers’ quarrel
- Chariot to Sparta — Book III. Nestor yokes chariot for Sparta
- Farewell Gifts — Book IV. Telemachus declines horses, takes cup
- Suitors Learn of the Voyage — Book IV. Noemon’s question reveals Telemachus sailed
- Antinoüs Presses for Details — Book IV. Antinoüs learns Mentor led the crew
- Medon Warns Penelope — Book IV. Medon overhears plot, warns Penelope
- Penelope’s Anguish — Book IV. Penelope asks why, collapses wailing
- Gods Debate Odysseus’ Fate — Book V. Athena pleads, Zeus sends Hermes
- Tyro’s Line — Book XI. Odysseus meets Tyro, who bore Neleus
- Theban and Pylian Queens — Book XI. Antiope, Alcmena, Megara, Epicaste, Chloris
- Journey to Pylos — Book XV. Telemachus reaches Pylos, avoids Nestor
- Melampus’s Line — Book XV. Peisistratus leaves, poet traces Melampus
- Ship’s Return Reported — Book XVI. Herald tells Penelope her son is safe
- Reunion with Penelope — Book XVII. Telemachus defers Penelope’s questions
- Nestor and Menelaus — Book XVII. Telemachus reports Odysseus on Calypso’s isle
- Eupeithes Rouses Ithaca — Book XXIV. Eupeithes urges killing Odysseus
Pylos is named in 34 of the poem’s scenes; these are the twenty-four that carry the most of the name.