Galaxy/The codex of Stratius

In Greek mythology, Stratius (Ancient Greek Στράτιος), also Stratichus in Apollodorus, was a son of Nestor of Pylos. Homer names him among the brothers who gather for the dawn sacrifice to Athena when Telemachus visits sandy Pylos — a household prince rather than a Trojan-War captain.

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I.Son of Nestor

In Odyssey 3 Stratius stands with Nestor's other sons when the horseman of Gerenia takes the sceptre and bids them prepare the sacrifice for Athena before Telemachus journeys on to Sparta. He has no independent aristeia in Homer; his role is dynastic presence at Pylos beside Peisistratus, Thrasymedes, and the rest of the house.

II.Homonyms

This node (stratius-nestor) is Nestor's son. Distinct from Stratius son of Clymenus of Orchomenus; from the Odyssean comrade Tzetzes has Polyphemus devour in Sicily; and from the Zacynthian suitor of Penelope (stratius-zacynthus) in Apollodorus' island catalogue.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameStratios (Στράτιος)
Typemortal
Domainsson of Nestor · the Pylians at Pylos
ParentageNestor · Anaxibiatellings differ →
EtymologyStratius / Stratios (Στράτιος) means "of an army"; Apollodorus' Stratichus is the same Pyliad son under a variant spelling.
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