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i.e., four years, 49.

O-lym´pi-an Games.
Games instituted by Hercules in honor of Jupiter, 49, 230.

O-lym´pus.
Mountain north of Greece;
the abode of the gods, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 39, 51, 55, 58, 70, 76, 96, 106, 120, 128, 132, 135, 153, 171, 240, 297, 373, 375;
gods fly from, 24;
Prometheus visits, 28;
Ganymede transported to, 43;
Vulcan expelled from, 144;
Ceres visits, 194;
Bellerophon storms, 295;
Thetis visits, 319;
significance, 384.

Om´pha-le.
Queen of Lydia;
the taskmistress of Hercules, 230.

O-ne-i-co-pom´pus.
Name borne by Mercury as conductor of dreams, 131, 137.

Ops.
Same as Cybele;
name given to Rhea, and also to Ceres, 20.

O-re´a-des.
Mountain nymphs who guided travelers, 297.

O-res´tes.
Son of Agamemnon and Clytæmnestra;
friend of Pylades, 336.

O-ri´on.
Youth loved by Diana, and accidentally slain by her, 98-100.

Or-i-thy´i-a.
Wife of Boreas;
mother of Calais, Zetus, Cleopatra, and Chione, 215.

Or´pheus.
Musician;
son of Apollo and Calliope, 75-80, 266;
significance, 387, 388.

Os´sa.
Mountain in Thessaly, upon which the Titans piled Pelion, 23.

O´tus.
Giant son of Neptune;
slain by Diana and Apollo, 139, 154;
significance, 400.

Pac-to´lus.
River in Asia Minor in which Midas washed, to remove his golden plague, 179.

Pa-læ´mon.
Son of Athamas and Ino;
changed into sea god, 174.

Pal-a-me´des.
Messenger sent to summon Ulysses to war against Troy, 312.

Pal-i-nu´rus.
Æneas’ pilot;
lost at sea off Cape Misenum, 370, 372.

Pal-la´di-um.
Statue of Minerva, 60;
stolen from Troy by Ulysses and Diomedes, 198, 332.

Pal´las.
1. Name given to Minerva in Athens, 27, 55, 57.
2. Son of Evander;
slain by Turnus while fighting for Æneas, 374, 375.

Pal´lor.
Special attendant of Mars;
lover of strife, 138.

Pan.
Same as Consentes, god of nature and the universe, 74, 127, 300, 301;
significance, 400.

Pan-ath-e-næ´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´cæ.
The Fates, or Mœræ;
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 Æson, 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 gods worshiped in Rome with the Lares, 203, 204;
Æneas 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 god;
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, goddess 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.

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

Phæ´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 gods, 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, god of war, 138.

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

Phϫbe.
One of the Titanides, 17, 20;
same as Diana, 93.

Phϫbus.
Name given to Apollo, god of the sun and of medicine, 61, 67, 90, 94, 96, 318;
significance, 386.

Phœ-nic´i-a.
Province in Asia Minor, named after Phœnix, 47;
significance, 386.

Phϫnix.
Brother of Europa, who gave his name to Phœnicia, 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 Lapithæ;
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, Aïdoneus, etc., 159-170;
god 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 god of wealth, 159.

Pod-a-lir´i-us.
Son of Æsculapius;
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.

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

Pol´y-bus.
King of Corinth;
adopted Œdipus 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 Æneas, 363.

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

Pol-y-ni´ces.
Son of Œdipus, 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.
Goddess 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, god of the sea and of horse trainers, 149.

Po´thos.
God 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.
God 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.

Prϫtus.
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,

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