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title: Peloponnesian Histories Fragments
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Pyrander the Historian
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# Peloponnesian Histories Fragments

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Pyrander the Historian

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## Text

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ΠΕΛΟΠΟΝΝΗΣΙΑΚΑ.

### 1

Plutarch. Par. min. c. 37: Μετὰ τὴν Ἰλίου ἅλωσιν Ἀγαμέμνων μετὰ Κασσάνδρας ἀνῃρέθη. Ὀρέστης δὲ παρὰ Στροφίῳ ἀνατραφεὶς τοὺς φονεῖς τοῦ πατρὸς ἐτιμωρήσατο· ὡς Πύρανδρος (Πύρρανδρος?) ἐν τετάρτῳ Πελοποννησιακῶν.

### 2

Tzetzes ad Lycophr. 1339: Ἡ γὰρ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἀλεξάνδρου, ἡ Ὀλυμπιὰς, εἰς Πύρρον τὸν Ἀχιλλέως καὶ Ἕλενον τὸν Πριάμου τὸ γένος ἀνέκαθεν ἀνέφερεν, ὥς φησι Θεόπομπος καὶ Πύρανδρος. Ἀνάγει δὲ τὸ γένος ὁ μὲν Πύρρος εἰς Αἰακὸν, ὁ δὲ Ἕλενος εἰς Δάρδανον.

### 3

Vita Hom.: Πύρανδρος δὲ καὶ Ὑψικράτης ἡλικιώτην (sc. Ἡσιόδου τὸν Ὅμηρον γεγονέναι φασί).

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