Bias (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Bias may refer to the following characters:
- Bias, son of Lelex, king of Megara and thus, brother to Cleson and Pterelaus. He was killed by his nephew Pylas, also a Megarian king. After the murder, Pylas gave the kingdom to the deposed king of Athens, Pandion and later founded the city of Pylos in Peloponnesus.
- Bias, son of Amythaon and brother of Melampus.
- Bias, son of Melampus and Iphianira thus a nephew of the earlier Bias. But his name has been proposed to read "Abas", another son of Melampus.
- Bias, one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by other women. He was the father of Laogonus and Dardanus.
- Bias, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Dulichium.
- Bias, an Athenian soldier who supported Menestheusagainst the attacks of Hector.
- Bias, a Pylian soldier who fought under their leader Nestor during the Trojan War.
