# Pylades — The Libation Bearers character guide

> Pylades in The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0001-the-libation-bearers

## Snapshot

Orestes's one friend from the years of exile, standing silent at the tomb with a sword at his side and hair streaming down his back.

## Who they are

Pylades grew up alongside Orestes in Phôkis, the companion named in the same breath as the oath sworn to remember what enemies tried to make him forget. He enters in travel-stained garb, grim and armed, and withdraws with Orestes to watch the libation bearers approach—the steady second presence behind a man who has almost no one. His loyalty is the quiet counterweight to the house's betrayals, and his silence at the tomb makes Orestes's isolation bearable. He matters because the vengeance plot needs at least one witness who chose it freely.

## Relationships

### [Orestes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/characters/orestes)

_friendship_

Loyal companion who stands by Orestes during the murder plot.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_libation_bearers_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in the context of the recognition scene and the lock of hair.

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