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Pol'lux. Son of Jupiter and Leda; brother of Castor, Helen, and Clytaemnestra, 260, 266, 275, 278, 279.

Pol'y-bus. King of Corinth; adopted Oedipus when forsaken by the servant, 280-282.

Pol-y-dec'tes. King of Seriphus; sends Perseus in quest of Medusa, 242, 249.

Pol-y-do'rus. Trojan youth, murdered in Thrace; his grave discovered by AEneas, 363.

Pol-y-hym'ni-a. Muse of rhetoric; daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, 90.

Pol-y-ni'ces. Son of Oedipus, 285; slain by Eteocles, 287; buried by Antigone, 288.

Pol-y-phe'mus. Giant son of Neptune, 154; Ulysses visits, 339-346; Galatea loved by, 341; blinded by Ulysses, 344; Achemenides escapes from, 365.

Po-lyx'e-na. Daughter of Priam; affianced wife of Achilles, 330.

Po-mo'na. G.o.ddess of the orchards; wife of Vertumnus, 303.

Pon'tus. Name given to the sea when first created, 13, 15.

Po-sei'don. Same as Neptune, G.o.d of the sea and of horse trainers, 149.

Po'thos. G.o.d of the amities of love; one of the numerous attendants of Venus, 106.

Pri'am. Same as Podarces, 152; King of Troy, 307; Paris received by, 310; duel witnessed by, 320; Hector, son of, 325; Hector's death seen by, 328; Mercury leads, 329; Polyxena, daughter of, 330; death of, 335, 361.

Pri-a'pus. G.o.d of the shade; pursues the nymph Lotis, 299, 301.

Pro'cris. Wife of Cephalus; slain by his unerring javelin, 70, 71; significance, 387, 389.

Pro-crus'tes (The Stretcher). Encountered and slain by Theseus, 252.

Proe'tus. Husband of Anteia, and kinsman of Bellerophon, 291, 292.

Pro-me'theus (Forethought). Son of Iapetus; man created by, 25; Olympus visited by, 27; chained to Caucasian Mountains, 28; Hercules delivers, 28, 227; Deucalion, son of, 37; significance, 379, 398.

Pro-ser'pi-na. Same as Proserpine and Persephone; G.o.ddess of vegetation, 183-197; Orpheus visits, 77; Adonis welcomed by, 110; Pluto kidnaps, 159; emblem of death, 212; significance, 396.

Pro-tes-i-la'us. First Greek who landed on Trojan coast, 316, 317.

Pro'teus. Inferior sea divinity; shepherd of the deep, 156; Menelaus consults, 336; significance, 381.

Psy'che. Fair princess loved by Cupid; the emblem of the soul, 121-130; significance, 381.

Psy-cho-pom'pus. Name given to Mercury as leader of souls to Hades, 131, 137.

Pyg-ma'li-on. 1. Celebrated sculptor, who loves a statue, 120, 121. 2. Brother of Dido; murderer of Sychaeus, Dido's husband, 366.

Pyg'mies. Race of small people in Africa; defended by Antaeus, 227, 228.

Pyl'a-des. Son of Strophius; intimate friend of Orestes, 336.

Pyr'a-mus. Faithful lover of Thisbe; commits suicide, 117, 118.

Pyr'rha. Wife of Deucalion; the only woman who survives the Flood, 37, 38.

Pyr'rhus. Same as Neoptolemus; son of Achilles, 361.

Pyth'e-us. Surname given to Apollo as python slayer, 61, 65.

Pyth'i-a. Name given to Apollo's priestess at Delphi, 91.

Pyth'i-an Games. Games celebrated at Delphi every three years, 91.

Py'thon. Serpent born of the Deluge slime; slain by Apollo, 65-67; significance, 387, 400.

Quin-qua'tri-a. Festivals in honor of the G.o.ddess Minerva, 60.

Quir'i-nal. One of the seven hills on which Rome is built, 142.

Quir-i-na'li-a. Festivals in Rome in honor of Quirinus, 142.

Qui-ri'nus. Name given to Romulus when deified, 142.

Re-gil'lus. Lake in Italy where occurred the battle in which the Dioscuri were supposed to a.s.sist, 279.

Re'mus. Son of Mars and Ilia; twin brother of Romulus, 140-142, 377.

Rhad-a-man'thus. Son of Jupiter and Europa; judge in Hades, 45, 163.

Rhe'a. Female t.i.tan; daughter of Ura.n.u.s and Gaea, 17; wife of Cronus, 18; Jupiter saved by, 20; Corybantes, priests of, 21; Cronus defeated by, 22; Juno, daughter of, 51; Pluto, son of, 159; Ceres, daughter of, 183; Vesta, daughter of, 198; significance, 396.

Rhodes. Island in the Mediterranean, where the Colossus stood, 91.

Rome. City founded by Romulus; it comprises seven hills, 142.

Rom'u-lus. Son of Mars and Ilia; founder of Rome, 140, 142, 372, 377.

Ru'tu-les. Nation in Italy, governed by Turnus, 374, 375.

Sa-git-ta'ri-us. The constellation formed by Chiron, the Centaur who taught Hercules, 221.

Sa-la'ci-a. Same as Amphitrite; wife of Neptune, 154.

Sa'li-i. Priests appointed to watch the sacred s.h.i.+elds in Rome, 143.

Sal-mo'neus. King who wished to emulate Jupiter, 168.

Sar-pe'don. Son of Jupiter and Europa, 45; slain during the Trojan war, 325.

Sat'urn, or Cronus. Son of Ura.n.u.s and Gaea, 18; father of Jupiter, 20; Italy ruled by, 23, 35; husband of Rhea, 25; day of, 207.