Part 33 (2/2)

Pan-ath-e-nae'a. Festivals held in honor of Minerva, 60.

Pan-do'ra. First woman; created in heaven, she brings evil into the world, 29-35, 37.

Par'cae. The Fates, or Moerae; they spin the thread of destiny, 165.

Par'is. Son of Priam and Hecuba, 307; judgment of, 308; visits Troy, 308, 310; elopes with Helen, 312; duel with Menelaus, 320; in battle, 323; Achilles slain by, 330; death of, 331; significance, 394.

Par-nas'sus. Mountain in Greece, 37, 38; sacred to Apollo and the Muses, 90.

Par-the'ni-um. Mountain upon which Atalanta was exposed, 275.

Par'the-non. Temple dedicated to Minerva at Athens, 60.

Pa-tro'clus. Friend of Achilles; slain by Hector, 324-328; significance, 395.

Peg'a-sus. Steed born from the sea foam and the blood of Medusa, 154, 244; Bellerophon rides, 292-296; significance, 394, 397.

Pe'leus. Husband of Thetis; father of Achilles, 266, 275, 305, 314.

Pe'li-as. Uncle of Jason; brother of Neleus, 154; usurps the throne of AEson, 263-266, 273.

Pe'li-on. A high mountain in Thessaly, piled upon Ossa by the giants to reach Olympus, 23, 266.

Pel-o-pon-ne'sus. The peninsula south of Greece, 49, 167.

Pe'lops. Son of Tantalus; gave his name to the Peloponnesus, 167; father of Copreus, 153; significance, 389.

Pe-na'tes. Household G.o.ds wors.h.i.+ped in Rome with the Lares, 203, 204; AEneas saves the, 362.

Pe-nel'o-pe. 1. Wife of Ulysses, 312; suitors of, 357-359; significance, 395. 2. A nymph, the mother of Pan, 300.

Pe-ne'us. 1. River G.o.d; father of Daphne; changes Daphne into a laurel. 2. Name of a river in Greece, 68.

Pen-the-si-le'a. Queen of Amazons; slain during Trojan war, 329.

Pen'theus. King of Thebes; refuses to receive Bacchus, and is slain, 181, 182.

Per-i-phe'tes. Son of Vulcan, 148; encountered and slain by Theseus, 251.

Per-seph'o-ne. Same as Proserpina, G.o.ddess of vegetation, 183, 187, 194.

Per'seus. Son of Jupiter and Danae; slays Medusa, 240-249; significance, 390, 391, 393, 394, 395.

Pet'a-sus. Name given to the winged cap worn by Mercury, 134.

Phae-a'ci-ans. People who dwelt in Scheria, and sent Ulysses home, 355; significance, 395.

Phae'dra. Daughter of Minos; wife of Theseus, 262; significance, 391.

Pha'e-ton. Son of Apollo and Clymene; drives the sun car, and is slain, 83-88; significance, 388, 395.

Pha-e-tu'sa. Sister of Phaeton; one of the Heliades, 87; Apollo's flocks guarded by, 353.

Phe-re-phat'ta. Name given to Persephone, or Proserpina, 183.

Phid'i-as. Noted Greek sculptor; made statues of the G.o.ds, 49, 60.

Phi-le'mon. Husband of Baucis; changed into an oak, 43, 44.

Phil-oc-te'tes. Friend of Hercules; receives his arrows, 238, 330, 331.

Phi-lon'o-e. Daughter of Iobates; wife of Bellerophon, 292; significance, 394.

Phin'e-us. The blind king of Thrace; annoyed by the Harpies, 248, 249, 267.

Phleg'e-thon. One of the rivers of Hades; a river of fire, 161, 163, 350.

Pho'bos. One of the attendants of Mars, G.o.d of war, 138.

Pho'cis. Province in Greece, bounded by Doris, Locris, and the Gulf of Corinth, 336.

Phoe'be. One of the t.i.tanides, 17, 20; same as Diana, 93.

Phoe'bus. Name given to Apollo, G.o.d of the sun and of medicine, 61, 67, 90, 94, 96, 318; significance, 386.

Phoe-nic'i-a. Province in Asia Minor, named after Phoenix, 47; significance, 386.

Phoe'nix. Brother of Europa, who gave his name to Phoenicia, 45, 47.

Phryx'us. Son of Athamas and Nephele; rides on golden-fleeced ram to Colchis, 154, 265; significance, 391, 397.

Pi-re'ne. Fountain near Corinth, where Pegasus drinks, 294.

Pi-rith'o-us. King of the Lapithae; friend of Theseus, 259, 260, 275.

Ple'ia-des. Seven of Diana's nymphs; pursued by Orion and changed into stars, 98.

Plu'to. Same as Hades, Dis, Adoneus, etc., 159-170; G.o.d of the Infernal Regions, 25, 76, 77, 79, 110, 208, 350; birth of, 22; Proserpina kidnapped by, 183-187; Arethusa sees, 193; Ceres visits, 195; Perseus aided by, 243; Theseus punished by, 260; significance, 396, 401.

Plu'tus. Name given to Pluto when invoked as G.o.d of wealth, 159.

Pod-a-lir'i-us. Son of AEsculapius; skilled in medicine, 64.

Po-dar'ces. Same as Priam, King of Troy; slain by Pyrrhus, 152.

Po-li'tes. Last of Priam's sons; slain at his feet by Pyrrhus, 361.

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