Histories

Afterwards they departed to Sigeum on the Scamander. They had ruled the Athenians for thirty-six years[*](From 545 to 509.) and were in lineage of the house of Pylos [21.7083,36.9167] (Perseus) Pylos and Neleus, born of the same ancestors as the families of Codrus and Melanthus, who had formerly come from foreign parts to be kings of Athens [23.7333,37.9667] (Perseus)Athens.

It was for this reason that Hippocrates gave his son the name Pisistratus as a remembrance, calling him after Pisistratus the son of Nestor.