Myths of Greece and Rome Part 34

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 shields 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.

Sa'tyrs. Male divinities of the woods, half man, half goat, 300.

Scae'an Gate. Gate which led from Troy to the plain, 321.

Sci'ron. Giant encountered by Theseus on the Isthmus of Corinth, 251, 252.

Scyl'la. Sea nymph changed to monster by Circe. She lived under rock of same name, 352, 353, 365.

Scy'ros. Island in the Archipelago, the home of Lycomedes, visited by Achilles and Theseus, 262.

Scyth'i-a. Country north of the Euxine Sea, 196.

Seasons. The four daughters of Jupiter and Themis, 105.

Sec'u-lar Games. Games in honor of Pluto every hundred years, 160.

Se-le'ne. Name given to Diana as moon G.o.ddess, 93; significance, 388, 389.

Sem'e-le. Daughter of Cadmus; wife of Jupiter; mother of Bacchus, 171-174; significance, 397.

Se-ri'phus. Island where Danae and Perseus were cast ash.o.r.e, 242, 249.

Ser'vi-us Tul'li-us. Sixth king of Rome; son of Vulcan and Ocrisia, 148.

Ses'tus. City opposite Abydus; the home of Hero, 111, 112, 116.

Seven Wonders of the World, 49, 91.

Sheet-lightning. Same as Arges, 18.

Sib'yl. Prophetess of c.u.mae, who led AEneas down to the infernal Regions, 370-372.

Si-ca'ni-a. Land where Anchises died; visited twice by AEneas, 365.

Sic'i-ly. Island home of Polyphemus; visited by Arion, 82; visited by Proserpina, 183; visited by Ulysses, 339; visited by AEneas, 365, 370.

Si-le'nus. Tutor of Bacchus; generally represented on an a.s.s, 174-177, 300.

Sil-va'nus. G.o.d of the woods; one of the lesser Roman divinities, 301.

Silver Age. Second age of the ancient world, 35.

Sil'vi-a. Daughter of Latin shepherd; her stag was wounded by Iulus, 373.

Si'nis (The Pine-bender). Giant encountered and slain by Theseus, 251.

Si'non. Greek slave, who advised the Trojans to secure the wooden horse, 332, 335.

Sip'y-lus. Mountain where stood the statue of Niobe, 94.

Si'rens. Maidens who allured mariners by their wondrous songs, 350-352; significance, 397.

Sir'i-us. Favorite dog of Orion; a constellation, 98, 100.

Sis'y-phus. King condemned to roll a rock in Tartarus to the top of a steep hill, 77, 167; significance, 389.

Sol. Name frequently given to Apollo as G.o.d of the sun, 61.

Som'nus. G.o.d of sleep; the child of Nox, and twin brother of Mors, 208-212.

Spar'ta. Capital of Lacedaemon; favorite city of Juno, 52; home of Menelaus, 310-312.

Sphinx. Riddle-giving monster; slain by Oedipus, 283-285; significance, 393, 401.

Stel'li-o. Urchin changed to lizard by Ceres when searching for Proserpina, 197.

Ster'o-pes (Lightning). One of the Cyclopes; son of Ura.n.u.s and Gaea, 18.

Sthe'no. One of the three Gorgon sisters, immortal, like Euryale, 242.

Stroph'a-des. Islands where the Harpies took refuge when driven from Thrace, 267; AEneas visits the, 364.

Stro'phi-us. Father of Pylades; shelters Orestes, 336.

Stym-pha'lus. Lake upon whose banks Hercules slew the brazen-clawed birds, 226.

Styx. River in Hades, by whose waters the G.o.ds swore their most sacred oaths, 43, 77, 84, 161, 172; Achilles bathed in the, 314.

Su-a-de'la. One of Venus' train of attendants; G.o.d of the soft speech of love, 106.

Sy-chae'us. King of Tyre; husband of Dido; murdered by Pygmalion, 366.

Sym-pleg'a-des. Floating rocks safely pa.s.sed by the Argo, 268.

Sy'rinx. Nymph loved by Pan, and changed into reeds, 300, 301.

Taen'a-rum, or Taen'a-rus. The Greek entrance to Hades on Cimmerian coast, 160, 229.

Ta-la'ri-a. Mercury's winged sandals, given by the G.o.ds, 134.

Ta'lus. Brazen giant; son of Vulcan; the watchman of Minos, 256, 257.

Tan'ta-lus. Father of Pelops; condemned to hunger and thirst in Hades, 77, 93, 167; significance, 389, 390.

Tar'ta-rus. Abyss under the earth, where the t.i.tans, etc., were confined, 17, 18, 22, 25; Orpheus' music heard in, 77; wicked in, 161-169; significance, 385, 391.

Tau'ris. Country to which Diana brought Iphigenia, 316; visited by Orestes, 336.