INDEXES 1-27
Periclymenus (per-i-klï' men-us), Argonaut who could
change shape, and Neleus' son, killed by Heracles, 533
Periphetes (per-i-fê' tëz), brigand, son of Hephaestus,
armed with a club (called Corynetes ["Club Man"]),
and killed by Theseus, 555
Pero (për' ô), daughter of Neleus, and wooed by Bias,
574
Persephone (per-sef ' ô-në), or Kore, goddess of the bud-
ding grain, Demeter's daughter, abducted by Hades to
be his wife; her Roman names were Proserpina and
Proserpine, 20-21,104,179, 293, 307-309, 309, 314-317,
315, 320, 332
Perses (per' sëz), son of Perseus and Andromeda, 520
Perseus (per' se-us), son of Zeus and Danaë; he be-
headed the Gorgon Medusa and married Andromeda,
whom he rescued from a sea monster, 505-506,507,508,
510, 512, 513, 515, 520, 697
Petasus (pet' a-sus), traveler's hat, especially the winged
hat of Hermes, 270
Phaeacians (fë-â' shi-anz), people of Scheria, who receive
Odysseus hospitably, 492-493, 583
Phaedra (fë' dra), "Bright," daughter of Minos, wife of
Theseus, and stepmother of Hippolytus, with whom
she falls in love, 210-211, 213-218, 549, 564-565
Phaëthon (fa' e-thon), "Shining," son of Helius and Cly-
mene, he drove the chariot of the sun-god disastrously
and was struck down by Zeus, 57-58
Phanes (fa' nëz), epithet of Eros, 53, 362
Phemius (fë' mi-us), bard spared by Odysseus, 495
Pheres (fe' rëz), founder of Pherae and father of Adme-
tus, 574
Philemon (fï-lë' mon), husband of Baucis, 618
Philoctetes (fi-lok-të' tëz), received Heracles' bow and ar-
rows from his father Poeas, abandoned on Lemnos be-
cause of a snake bite, and at Troy killer of Paris, 453^454,
473, 483
Philomela (fil-ô-më' la), daughter of Pandion, sister of
Procne, violated by Tereus, and turned into a swallow
or nightingale, 549, 552-553
Philyra (fil' i-ra), mother of the centaur Chiron, 575
Phineus (fi' ne-us), blind prophet plagued by the
Harpies and rescued by the Argonauts, 549, 577-578
Phlegethon (fleg' e-thon), river of "Fire" in the Under-
world, 349
Phoebe (fë' bë), "Bright," a Titan moon goddess, and an
epithet for Artemis, 60
Phoenix, (fë' niks), tutor and companion of Achilles, 451,
467
Pholus, (fô' lus), centaur encountered by Heracles, 525
Phorcys (for' sis), son of Pontus and Ge, mate of Ceto
and Hecate and father of the Graeae, Gorgons, Ladon,
and Scylla, 153
Phrixus (frik' sus), son of Athamas and Nephele; a
golden-fleeced ram took him to Colchis, 573-574
Phylacus (fï' la-kus), owner of cattle won by Melampus
as a bride-price for Pero, 606-607
Phyleus (fî' le-us), Augeas' son who sided with Hera-
cles, 525
Phyllis (fil' lis), beloved of the Athenian Demophon, she
committed suicide and turned into an almond tree, 567
Pillars of Heracles, flanking the Straits of Gibraltar, 527
Pirithous (pi-rith' 6-us), son of Ixion and leader of the
Lapiths and husband of Hippodamia or Dei'damia; he
defeated the centaurs at his wedding; Theseus' friend,
who got left behind in Hades, 113-114, 529, 564, 603
Pittheus (pit' the-us), king of Troezen, host of Aegeus,
and father of Aethra, 549, 555
Pityocamptes (pit-i-o-kamp' tëz), "Pine Bender," name
of the robber Sinis, encountered by Theseus, 555
Planctae (plank' të or plank-tï), two wandering rocks, a
threat to Odysseus and Jason, 492
Pollux (pol' luks) or Polydeuces, boxer, 436-437, 642. See
also Dioscuri
Polybus (pol' i-bus), king of Corinth and husband of
Merope who brought up Oedipus, 382, 383
Polydectes (pol-i-dek' tëz), king of Seriphos, brother of
Dictys, lover of Danaë and killed by Perseus, 506, 514
Polydeuces (pol-i-dû' sëz), 577. See also Pollux
Polydorus (pol-i-dor' us), son of Hecuba who took
vengeance on Polymestor for his murder, 381, 477
Polyhymnia (pol-i-him' ni-a), Muse of sacred music or
dancing, 73, 125
Polymede (pol-i-mê' de), mother of Jason, 574
Polymestor (pol-i-me' de), king in Thrace, upon whom
Hecuba took vengeance for the murder of her son Poly-
dorus, 477
Polynices (pol-i-nï' sëz), killed by his brother Eteocles,
while attacking Thebes, and later buried by his sister
Antigone, 23, 381, 389-390, 395-399
Polypemon (pol-i-pë' mon), "Troubler," another name
for Procrustes, 557
Polyphemus (po-li-fë' mus), Cyclops, son of Poseidon
and blinded by Odysseus; also the wooer of Galatea,
147-150, 487, 488
Polyxena (po-lik' se-na), daughter of Priam and Hecuba,
sacrificed on Achilles' tomb, 442, 444, 471-472, 611
Pomona (po-mô' na), Roman goddess of fruit that can
be picked from trees, who married Vertumnus, 634
Pontifex Maximus (pon' ti-feks maks' i-mus), head of Ro-
man state religion, 628; pontifices (pon-ti' fi-s's), priests,
537
Pontus (pon' tus), god of the "Sea," offspring and hus-
band of Gaia, 153
Poros (pô' ros), "Resourcefulness," father of Eros in the
Symposium, 191
Portunus (por-tû' nus), Roman god of gates and harbors,
626, 637
Poseidon (po-sï' don), son of Cronus and Rhea, and
supreme god of the sea, 109,122,128,150,152,154,155,
469, 482, 549, 550, 551, 574, 606
Priam (pri' am), son of Laomedon, king of Troy during
the Trojan War, and husband of Hecuba, 442, 443, 447,
449^50, 464-A67, 473, 475, 476, 611
"Priam's Treasure," also called "The Gold of Troy," 43
Priapus (prï-â' pus), phallic god of gardens, son of
Aphrodite, 174-175, 631, 636-637
Procne (prok' ne), daughter of Pandion and wife of
Tereus; she murdered their son Itys and was turned
into a nightingale or swallow, 549, 552-553
Procoptes (pro-kop' tëz), "Slicer," another name for Pro-
crustes, 557
Procris (prok' ris), daughter of Erechtheus accidently
killed by her husband, 549, 551-552
Procrustes (pro-krûs' tëz), Procrustean, "Stretcher,"
brigand who, with his hammer and saw, fitted people
to his bed; killed by Theseus, 556, 557