2. Or PYTHES, the son of Ischenous, of Aegina, was in one of the
three Greek guard-ships stationed off the island of Sciathus, which were taken by the Persians
shortly before the battle of Thermopylae. Pytheas distinguished himself by his bravery in the
engagement, and was in consequence treated by the Persians with distinguished honour. At the
battle of Salamis the Sidonian ship, in which he was kept as a prisoner, was taken by an
Aeginetan vessel, and he thus recovered his liberty. Lampon, the son of this Pytheas, was
present at the battle of Plataea, and urged Pausanias, after the engagement, to avenge the
death of Leonidas by insulting and mutilating the corpse of Mardonius. (