Paean: Doctor of the Greek gods, No Roman counterpart
Palaemon: Greek god of sailors, Roman counterpart Portunus. Son of Athamas and Ino; changed into sea god
Palamedes: Messenger sent to summon Ulysses to war against Troy
Palinurus: Aeneas� pilot; lost at sea off Cape Misenum,
Palladium: Statue of Minerva
- stolen from Troy by Ulysses and Diomedes,
Pallas Titan Greek god of warfare, Roman counterpart No Roman counterpart Pallas: Name given to Minerva in Athens
Son of Evander; slain by Turnus while fighting for Aeneas,
Pallor: Special attendant of Mars; lover of strife
Pan: Greek god of the Wild and fertility, Roman counterpart Faunus or Consentes, god of nature and the universe,
Panathenaea: Festivals held in honor of Minerva
Pandora: First woman; created in heaven, she brings evil into the world,
Parcae: The Fates, or Moerae; they spin the thread of destiny
Paris: Son of Priam and Hecuba
- judgment of
- visits Troy,
- elopes with Helen
- duel with Menelaus
- in battle
- Achilles slain by
- death of
Parnassus: Mountain in Greece,
- sacred to Apollo and the Muses
Parthenium: Mountain upon which Atalanta was exposed
Parthenon: Temple dedicated to Minerva at Athens
Patroclus: Friend of Achilles; slain by Hector
Pegasus: Steed born from the sea foam and the blood of Medusa,
- Bellerophon rides
Peleus: Husband of Thetis; father of Achilles,
Pelias: Uncle of Jason; brother of Neleus
- usurps the throne of Aeson,
Pelion: A high mountain in Thessaly, piled upon Ossa by the giants to reach
Olympus,
Peloponnesus: The peninsula south of Greece,
Pelops: Son of Tantalus; gave his name to the Peloponnesus
- father of Copreus
Penates: Household gods worshiped in Rome with the Lares,
- Aeneas saves the
Penelope: Wife of Ulysses
- suitors of
A nymph, the mother of Pan
Peneus: River god; father of Daphne; changes Daphne into a laurel: Name of a river in Greece
Penthesilea: Queen of Amazons; slain during Trojan war
Pentheus: King of Thebes; refuses to receive Bacchus, and is slain,
Periphetes: Son of Vulcan
- encountered and slain by Theseus
Persephone: Persephone Greek goddess of spring and flowers, queen of the Underworld, Roman counterpart Proserpina, goddess of vegetation
Perseus: Son of Jupiter and Danae; slays Medusa
Petasus: Name given to the winged cap worn by Mercury
Phaeacians: People who dwelt in Scheria, and sent Ulysses home
Phaedra: Daughter of Minos; wife of Theseus
Phaeton: Son of Apollo and Clymene; drives the sun car, and is slain
Phaetusa: Sister of Phaeton; one of the Heliades
- Apollo�s flocks guarded by
Pherephatta: Name given to Persephone, or Proserpina
Phidias: Noted Greek sculptor; made statues of the gods,
Philemon: Husband of Baucis; changed into an oak,
Philoctetes: Friend of Hercules; receives his arrows
Philonoe: Daughter of Iobates; wife of Bellerophon
Phineus: The blind king of Thrace; annoyed by the Harpies
Phlegethon: One of the rivers of Hades; a river of fire
Phobos: Greek god of fear and panic, Roman counterpart Timor. One of the attendants of Mars, god of war
Phocis: Province in Greece, bounded by Doris, Locris, and the Gulf of Corinth
Phoebe: One of the Titanides,
- same as Diana
Phoebus: Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and of medicine,
Phoenicia: Province in Asia Minor, named after Phoenix Phoenix: Brother of Europa, who gave his name to Phoenicia,
Phryxus: Son of Athamas and Nephele; rides on goldenfleeced ram to Colchis,
Pirene: Fountain near Corinth, where Pegasus drinks
Pirithous: King of the Lapithae; friend of Theseus
Pleiades: Seven of Diana�s nymphs; pursued by Orion and changed into stars
Pluto: Same as Hades, Dis, A�doneus, etc: god of the Infernal Regions
- birth of
- Proserpina kidnapped by
- Arethusa sees
- Ceres visits
- Perseus aided by
- Theseus punished by
Plutus: Name given to Pluto when invoked as god of wealth
Podalirius: Son of Aesculapius; skilled in medicine
Podarces: Same as Priam, King of Troy;
slain by Pyrrhus
Polites: Last of Priam�s sons; slain at his feet by Pyrrhus
Pollux: Son of Jupiter and Leda; brother of Castor, Helen, and Clytaemnestra
Castor and Pollux were known by the name of the Dioscuri, from dios, gods, and kuroi, youths:
Polybus: King of Corinth; adopted Oedipus when forsaken by the servant
Polydectes: King of Seriphus; sends Perseus in quest of Medusa,
Polydorus: Trojan youth, murdered in Thrace; his grave discovered by Aeneas
Polyhymnia: Muse of rhetoric; daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne
Polynices: Son of Oedipus
- slain by Eteocles
- buried by Antigone
Polyphemus: Giant son of Neptune
- Ulysses visits
- Galatea loved by
- blinded by Ulysses
- Achemenides escapes from
Polyxena: Daughter of Priam; affianced wife of Achilles
Pomona: Goddess of the orchards; wife of Vertumnus
Pontus: Name given to the sea when first created,
Poseidon: Greek god of the Sea, Roman counterpart Neptune also of horse trainers
Pothos: God of the amities of love; one of the numerous attendants of Venus
Priam: Same as Podarces
- King of Troy
- Paris received by
- duel witnessed by
- Hector, son of
- Hector�s death seen by
- Mercury leads
- Polyxena, daughter of
- death of,
Priapus: God of the shade; pursues the nymph Lotis,
Procris: Wife of Cephalus; slain by his unerring javelin,
Procrustes (The Stretcher): Encountered and slain by Theseus
Proetus: Husband of Anteia, and kinsman of Bellerophon,
Prometheus (Forethought): Greek god of forethought, Roman counterpart Prometheus
Son of Iapetus; man created by
- Olympus visited by
- chained to Caucasian Mountains
- Hercules delivers,
- Deucalion, son of
Epimetheus signifies after-thought, Prometheus fore-thought:
Proserpina: Same as Proserpine and Persephone; goddess of vegetation
- Orpheus visits
- Adonis welcomed by
- Pluto kidnaps
- emblem of death
Protesilaus: First Greek who landed on Trojan coast,
Proteus: Inferior sea divinity; shepherd of the deep
- Menelaus consults
Psyche: Greek goddess of compassion. Fair princess loved by Cupid; the emblem of the soul
Psychopompus: Name given to Mercury as leader of souls to Hades,
Pygmalion: Celebrated sculptor, who loves a statue,
Brother of Dido; murderer of Sychaeus, Dido�s husband
Pygmies: Race of small people in Africa; defended by Antaeus,
Pylades: Son of Strophius; intimate friend of Orestes
Pyramus: Faithful lover of Thisbe; commits suicide,
Pyrrha: Wife of Deucalion; the only woman who survives the Flood,
Pyrrhus: Same as Neoptolemus; son of Achilles
Pytheus: Surname given to Apollo as python slayer,
Pythia: Name given to Apollo�s priestess at Delphi
Pythian Games: Games celebrated at Delphi every three years
Python: Serpent born of the Deluge slime; slain by Apollo
This frightful monster had sprung from the slimy and stagnant waters which remained on the surface of the earth after the deluge of Deucalion |
