Patronymics, Com. § 76.
Pausa'nias, 28; references to, 149, 255,
258, 273, 276, 303: Com. § 34.
Peg'asus, myth of, 231-233; Com. § 138.
Pei'tho, Suade la: goddess of Persuasion.
Pela'gia, Com. § 40; see Venus.
Pelas'gic, dominion of the Greeks, 49;
descent, 50.
Pelas'gus, son or grandson of Pho-
roneus, 50, 223, 224; Com.
132 (5).
Pe'leus, 223, 241, 245, 254; myth of P.
and Thetis, 277-281; transl. of Catul-
lus LXIV. by C. M. Gayley, 278-281;
family of P., Com. § 165 (1).
Phæa'cia, 323-330; Lang's Song of
327, 328; Com. § 172.
Phæ'dra, 268; Com. § 149, genealogy;
§§ 152-157 (Illustr.).
Phæ'drus, 2.
Pha'ëthon, Pha'ëton, 4; myth of, 121-
125; Com. § 75.
Phan'tasus, a son of Somnus; see under
Sleep; Com. § 113.
Pha'on, 26, 162; myth of, 171, 172;
Com. § 99.
Pha'ros, island, 220; Com. § 130.
Pharsa'lus: a city in Thessaly; Pharsa'-
lia: the region thereabout.
Pha'sis, the river, Com. §§ 139-143.
Pe'lias, 132, 190, 244; daughters of, 248, Phe'ræ; capital of Thessalia Pelasgio-
249; Com. §§ 81, 147.
Peli'des, Com. § 76.
Pe'lion, Mount, 120, 278; Com. § 75;
see under Ossa.
Peloponne'sus, 50.
Pe'lops, 126; and Hippodamia, 190, 223,
259, 281; genealogy, etc., Com. §§ 77,
165 (2).
Pena'tes, described, 89.
Penel'o-pe, 285, 330-335; Com. § 171.
Pene'us, river, 137, 139, 236; Com. § 83.
Penthesile'a, 303.
Pen'theus, 117, 174, 175; Com. §§ 102,
103, 158-164.
Pephre'do: one of the Grææ.
Perdix, 257.
Peri-e'res, Com. § 132 (2), 132 (5).
Periphe'tes, or Peripha'tes, 260.
Perse'is daughter of Perses, wife of
Helios, and mother of Pasiphaë, Ari-
adne, Phædra, and Æētes; see Com.
table H.
tis, home of Admetus.
Phid'ias (Phi'dias), his Olympian Jove,
54; Homer's lines in Iliad, 54; Com.
§§ 35, 40, 43, 45 a, 66.
Phile'mon and Baucis, myth of, 105;
Swift's burlesque, 106.
Philocte'tes, 242, 304; Com. § 169.
Philomela, 258; Com. § 151.
Phi'neus, 229, 246, 339; Com. § 144.
Phleg'ethon, 78, 348.
Pho'bos (Fear), a son and attendant of
Mars, 58.
Pho'cis, 258.
Phoebe (the shining one): (1) Diana,
160; Com. §§ 39, 92; (2) one of the
Titans, 91; Com. § 17.
Phoe'bus, Com. §§ 36, 38; see Apollo.
Phoenix, 292.
Pho'lus, 235-
Phor'bas, 343.
Phor'cys and Ceto, their offspring, 86,
Phoro'neus, son of Inachus, 50, 224;
Com. §§ 59, 132 (5).
Phos'phor, 73, 192, 194.
Phryg'ia, 105, 175.
Perseph'o-ne, 81; see Proser'pina.
Per'seus, 27; myth of, 225-231; and
Medusa, 225; and Atlas, 227; and An-
dromeda, 228 et seq.; and Acrisius,
225, 231; lines from Kingsley and Mil-
man, 229, 234; Com. §§ 133-137.
Per'sia, 20; records of P. myth, 36; Phthi'a, 277.
studies, Com. § 15.
Personification, to-day, 6; among sav-
Pes'sinus, and Pes'inus, Com. § 45 a.
Pet'asus, the, 68.
Phryx'us, 244; Com. §§ 144-147 (Interp.).
Phtha, Ptah; see under Egyptian deities.
Pier'i-des; the Muses as daughters of
Pierus, king of Thessaly, or as fre-
quenters of Mount Pierus.
Pi'erus, Mount, in Thessaly, 172; Com.
§ 101.
Pillars of Hercules, 237; Com. §§ 139- Polyphe'mus, 190; and Galatea, Lang's
143.
Pin'dar (Pin'darus), 26, 27; references
to, 82, 190; transl., Com. § II.
Pin'dus, Mount, 124.
Pi-ræ'us, 261.
Pire'ne, 233; a fountain in Corinth, said
to have started from the ground (like
Hippocrene) under a kick of Pegasus.
Pisis'tratus, 24.
Pi-rith'ous, 250, 267, 282.
Pit'theus, 259; Com. tables F, I, and M,
§§ 77, 132 (5) B, 151, 165 (2).
Pleasure, 159.
Ple'iads (Ple'ia-des, or Ple-i'-a-des),
daughters of Atlas, 87; myth of, 147,
148; Com. § 91.
Plenty, goddess of, 221.
Plexip'pus, 251, 253.
Plu'to, Aides, Ades, Hades, 39, 40; his
abode, 78; attributes, 83; or the
Roman Orcus, 88, 124; and Æscu-
lapius, 130; carries off Proserpine, 181;
190, 248, 267, 345: Com. §§ 49, 105, 106.
Plu'tus, Com. § 49.
Poe'na: (1) Greek, an attendant, with
Di'ke and Erinys, of Nemesis ;
(2) Latin, goddess of punishment.
Pœnæ, sometimes the Furies.
Poets of mythology: in Greece, 24-27;
in Rome, 28-29; see, in general, under
Myth (Preservation of).
transl. of Theocritus VI. and XI.,
215-217, 314-317, 341; Com. §§ 126,
171.
Polyphon'te, 172.
Polyx'ena, 280, 303, 308; Com. §§ 165
(5), 169.
Pomo'na, quotation from Macaulay's
Prophecy of Capys, 89, 90; and Ver-
tumnus, myth of, extract from Thom-
son's Seasons, 212, 213; Com. §§ 56,
Pon'tus, region near the Black Sea,
Ovid's Letters from, 29.
Pon'tus, the sea-god, 85, 218.
Porphyr'ion, a giant, 42.
Portha'on, genealogy, Com. §§ 132 (3).
(5), 148.
Portum'nus, 219; see Melicertes.
Posi'don, Posei'don, see under Neptune.
Praxit'e-les, a Greek sculptor, Com. §§ 40,
41, 56, 93.
Pri'am (Pri'amus), 23, 199, 241; Trojan
War, 287, 291, 298, 299, 300–308; Com.
§§ 165 (5), 168.
Pria'pus; a Roman god of increase;
promoter of horticulture and viticul-
Prithivi; see under Hindoo divinities (1).
Proc'ne (Prog'ne), 258; Com. § 151.
Pro'cris, the Death of, by Edmund Gosse,
193, 194; Com. § 112.
Procrus'tes, 190, 260.
Pol'lux, Polydeu'ces, 223, 245, 254, 281; Prod'icus of Chios; contemporary of
Socrates; author of the story of the
Choice of Hercules.
Polycli'tus, or Polycletus, 108; (Sculpt.), Progress, theory of, in mythology, 8, 13-
Com. §§ 34, 66.
Polydec'tes, 225; punished by Perseus, Promeʼtheus, 2, 27, 40; a creator, 42, 43:
230 (2); Pluto, Com. § 49.
Pol'ydore (Polydo'rus): (1) son of Priam,
339; (2) son of Cadmus, 269; Com.
§ 158.
Pol-yhym'nia (Po-lym'nia), the muse of
sacred poetry, 72.
Polyï'dus, 233.
Polynesians, mental development of
savages, 14, 19, 21.
Polyni'ces, 272-276; Com. §§ 158-164.
champion of man, 44; chained on
Mount Caucasus, 45; his secret, 45:
quotations from Byron and Longfellow,
45-48; father of Atlas, 87, 223, 241,
277, 279; Com. §§ 22–25.
Proper'tius, 29.
Proser'pina (Perseph'o-ne), 78; Swin-
burne's Garden of P., 79, 80; attributes,
83; or Libera, 88; and Psyche, 157.
158; the rape of P., 181; Ceres' search
for P., 182-184, 238, 345; Com. §§ 50, | Reim-thursar, Rime or Frost giants; see
105, 106.
Protesila'üs, 288; see under Laodamia.
Pro'teus, 86, 87; and Aristæus, 220;
Com. §§ 52-54; geneal. table C, § 130.
Psam'a-the, 129, 138.
Hrim-thursar.
Re'mus, 365.
Rerir, 392.
Rhad-aman 'thus, 81, 83, 84; son of Eu-
ropa, 97, 234, 255, 349.
Pseu'do-Musæ'us, Com. § 96; see under Rhamnu'sia: Nemesis, from Rhamnus
Psy'che, myth of, 152-161; extracts from
William Morris's Earthly Paradise, 155,
158; T. K. Hervey's Cupid and Psyche,
159, 160; Keats's Psyche, 160, 161;
Com. § 94.
Psych-opom'pus, Mercury as guide of
ghosts to the underworld, 69, 79.
Pthah; see under Egyptian deities (1).
Purpose of this work, 1.
Pyanep'sia, Com. § 38.
Pygmalion, fabled sculptor, 162; and
the statue, 167-170; extracts from A.
Lang's New Pygmalion, 168, 169; from
William Morris's Pygmalion and the
Image, 169; Com. § 97.
Pygmalion, king of Tyre, 342.
Pygmies, 238, 239; Com. §§ 139-143.
Pyl'a-des, 310; Com. § 170.
Py'los, 24, 172, 241; Com. §§ 101, 139- Rodmar, 394, 395.
Pyr'amus, 162; Com. § 98.
Roman divinities, 88-90.
Rome, 358, 365.
Pyr'rha, and Deucalion, 49, 224; Com. Rom'ulus, 89, 365.
§ 29; genealogy, § 132 (5).
Runes, 30, 368; Com. § 13.
Pyr'rhus, or Neoptol'emus, 308, 309; Ru'tuli, 354, 357.
Com. § 165 (1).
Py-thag'oras: a philosopher of Samos,
about 550 B.C.; his doctrine of metemp-
sychosis, 351, 352, and Com. § 175.
Pyth'ia, Com. § 39; see Diana.
Pythian games, 61; Com. §§ 152-157
(Textual).
Py'thon, 60; Com. §§ 38, 73.
Py'thoness, Com. § 38.
Ra; see under Egyptian divinities (1).
Rakshasas; see under Hindoo divinities.
Râmâyana, 35, 36; cf. with Iliad, 36;
paraphrase of, Com. § 15.
Râvana, 35.
Sabri'na, 222.
Sæmund the Wise, 32.
Sagas, the, 33; S. of the Volsungs, 392
Com. § 185.
Sa'lii, Com. § 36.
Salmo'neus, 349.
Sa'mos, 256; Com. § 40.
Sam-othra'ce, or Sam-othra'cia, 282; an
island near the coast of Thrace.
Samson, 12.
Sanskrit, studies and translations, Com.
§ 15.
Sappho (pron. Saf'fo), 26, 172; Com.
§ 99.
Sarama, Com. § 41.
Sarameyas, Com. § 41.
Sarasvati; see Vach under Hindoo divin- | Siegelind, 400.
Sarpe'don, son of Jove and Europa, 98.
Sarpe'don, son of Jove and Laodamia,
in the Trojan War, 287, 295.
Sat'urn (Satur'nus), the attempts to
identify him with Cronus, 88; and
Cronus with Chronos, 11, 354, 358;
Com. §§ 17, 56.
Sat-urna'lia, 88.
Satur'nia, 359.
Sa'tyrs, 76; described, 77, 174, 175, 190;
extract from R. Buchanan's Satyr, 204,
205, 207, 213, 266; Com. § 117.
Savitar; see under Hindoo divinities
(1).
Sco'pas: a Greek sculptor of Paros, first
half of 4th century B.C.; he made the
Niobe group; see also Com. § 43.
Scyl'la, described, 86; and Glaucus, 217;
and Nisus, 219; 264, 321, 341; Com.
§§ 52-54; geneal, table C.
Scy' ros, 268, 287.
Scyth'ia, 124, 209, 311; Com. § 75.
Sea; see Waters.
Sea-monsters and Hesione, 189; and
Andromeda, 228; see under Gods of
the Waters.
Seb; see under Egyptian deities (1).
Sele'ne, 63, 73, 75; and Endymion, 149;
Com. § 92; see under Diana.
Sem'ele, 76, 92; myth of, 98–100; E. R.
Sill's poem, Semele, 99, 100, 117, 174,
269; Com, §§ 46, 62.
Semir'amis, 170; Com. § 98.
Semitic races, 21.
Sem'næ; see Furies.
Sen'eca, 29; references to tragedies, 234.
Sera'pis, Sara'pis; see under Egyptian
deities (1).
Serimnir, 368.
Seri'phus, 225,
Ses'tos, 164.
Set, or Seth; see under Egyptian deities.
Shu; see under Egyptian deities (1).
Sibyl, 344-353; Com. § 174.
Si-chæ'us, 342.
Sicily, 142, 256.
Sic'yon, or Meco'ne, 44.
Siegfried, 400-404; Com. §§ 185, 186.
Siggeir, 392–394.
Sigi, 392, 399.
Sigmund, 392–395, 399.
Signy, 392–394.
Siguna, 387.
Sigurd, 394-399; Com. §§ 185, 186; and
see under Siegfried.
Sile'ni, 76, 203, 204, 205, 266; Com.
§104.
Sile'nus, 174.
Silva'nus; see Sylvanus.
Silver Age, 44.
Simon'i-des of Ceos, 26, 27.
Sinfiotli, 394.
Si'non, 307; Com. § 169.
Si'rens, described, 86; and Ulysses, 320,
321; Com. §§ 52-54, geneal, table C.
Sir'ius, 147.
Sis'yphus, betrays Jove, 100; marries
Merope, 147, 186, 217, 231, 244, 349:
Com. §§ 107, 175; genealogy, §§ 95.
132 (2), 132 (5); illustr., 175.
Siva; see under Indian deities.
Skaldic poetry, 30; Skalds, 30, 31.
Skidbladnir, 387.
Skirnir's journey, 32, 379.
Skrymir, 373-379.
Skuld, 367.
Sleep (Somnus, Hypnos), 84; cave of,
195, 295, 343; Com. § 113.
Sleipnir, 382–384.
Smin'theus, Apollo, Com. §§ 38, 85.
Smin'thia, Com. § 38.
Smyr'na, 24.
Sol (Helios), 90, 189.
Soma; see under Hindoo divinities (1).
Som'nus; see Sleep.
Soph'o-cles, 27; references to, 234, 269-
272, 274-276, 303, 304, 310; transl.
Com. § 11.
So'phron, Com. § 46.
South-American savages, mental state
of, 13.
Spar'ta (Lacedæ'mon), 241, 281, 309.
Sphinx, 270; Com. §§ 158–164.
Sri; see under Hindoo divinities (2).
Stars, the, 192, 194; Com. § 113, table H.
Sta'tius, references to the Sylvæ, 213; to
the Thebaid, 273; to the Achilleid, 277, | Tel'lus, 88, 247; see Gæa.
304; Com. § 12.
Ster'o-pe; one of the Pleiads.
Ster'o-pes, Com. § 17.
Stesich'orus, 26.
Stheneboe'a, or Sthenoboa: enamored
of Bellerophon; a daughter of Iobates.
Tem'pe, 278; a vale in Thessaly, through
which ran the river Peneüs, Com.
§ 43 (4).
Ten'edos, 139; Com. § 85.
Te'reus, 258.
Ter'minus, 89.
Terpan'der, Com. § 34.
Sthe'no; daughter of Phorcys and Ceto; Terpsich'o-re, the muse of choral dance
one of the Gorgons.
Stro'phius, 310.
Stry'mon, 187; Com. § 107.
Sturlason, Snorri, his connection with
the Prose Edda, 31, 32; Com. §§ 177–
184.
Stymphalian birds, 235; and lake, Com.
§§ 139-143.
and song, 72.
Ter'ra; see Earth, Gæa.
Te'thys, 38, 55, 85, 95, 222.
Teu'cer: (1) son of the river-god Sca-
mander and the nymph Idæa; first
king of Troy; (2) son of Telamon
and Hesione, Com. §§ 165 (1), 165 (5).
Teu'cri, the Trojans.
Styx, 78, 98, 122, 206, 304; Com. §§ 48, 51. Thalas'sios: an epithet applied to Hymen
Survival, theory of myth, 14.
because he brought safely over the sea
to their home a shipload of kidnapped
Athenian maidens.
Thali'a: one of the Graces.
Surya; see under Hindoo divinities (1). Thali'a, the muse of comedy, 72.
Svadilfari, 371, 372.
Swanhild, 399.
Sylva'nus, 89, 204.
Sympleg'a-des, 246; Com. §§ 144-147
(Interpret.).
Sy'rinx and Pan, 93, 94, 204; Com. § 47.
Syr'tis, 264.
Tæn'arus, or Tæn'arum, 81, 185; Com.
§ 107.
Tan'ais, river, 124; Com. § 75.
Tan'talus, 126, 186, 281, 350; genealogy
of, Com. §§ 77, 107; illustr., § 175.
Tarnkappe, 400.
Tarpe'ian Rock, 358.
Tham'yris, or Tham'yras, 23.
Than'atos, Mors; see Death.
Tharge'lia, Com. § 38.
Thau'mas, the father of Iris, Com. §§ 52-
54, table C.
Theag'e-nes of Rhegium, 11.
Theb'aïs: an epic by Statius on the
Seven against Thebes; see under
Statius. Pope's transl. Com. § 12.
Thebes (The'bæ), in Boeotia, 98, 102;
founded, 115, 116, 234, 269, 270.
Thebes (The'bæ), in Egypt, 53.
Thebes, the Seven against, 25, 223, 272,
273-276.
Tar'tarus, 39, 40, 41, 81, 82; name of The'mis, 38; attributes of, 72; Com.
Tau'ri, Taurians: a people of what is
now the Crimea; Iphigenia among the
Taurians, 288, 311.
Taurus, Mount, 124, 262; Com. § 75.
Tel'amon, 241, 254, 292; Com. § 165 (1).
Telem'achus, 286, 309, 331-336; Com.
§ 165 (3) genealogy, § 171.
Tel'ephus: son of Hercules and Augë;
wounded by Achilles, but cured by the
rust of the spear.
Theoc'ritus, 27; selections from transla-
tions by Lang of various idyls, 207, 215,
217, 239; see Andrew Lang, Index of
Modern Authors; also Com. § 11.
Thersan'der, 276.
Thersi'tes, 303.
The'seus, 178, 223, 238, 245, 249, 250, 252;
myth of, 259-268; early adventures,
260; Theseus and Ariadne, 260 et seq.;
transl. of Catullus LXIV., by C. M.
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