348;C. 163-167Phleḡ'e-thŏn,47,356Pho´bŏs or Phŏb´ŏs, Fear, son and attendant of Mars,24Pho´çis,249,315Phœ'bē (the shining one), a name of Diana,138;C. 32, 98Phœ'bē, one of the Titans,64;C. 4Phœ'bus,C. 28, 30.SeeApolloPhœnicians (fe-nish´ans) as disseminators of cults,20Phœ'nix,274,294Pho´lus,217Phor´bȧs,352Phorcys (fôr´sis) and Çe´tō, offspring of,57,201Phoroneus (fo-ro´nūs), son of Inachus,17,207;C. 57, table DPhos´phor,40,172,175Phrixus (frix´us),229,230;C. 163-167(Interpret.)Phrygia (frij´ĭ-a),77,99,152,223,448;C. 63Phtha (fthä), Ptah (p´tä). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Phthia (thi´a),269,274Phyllis (fil´is), an ideal maiden of pastoral poetryPi-ĕr´ĭ-dēs̟: the Muses as daughters of Pierus, king of Thessaly, or as frequenters of Mount PierusPi´ẽr-us, Mount, in Thessaly,150;C. 109Pillars of Hercules,219;C. 156-162Pin´dȧr (Pin´dȧ-rus),453,454;references to,51,170,180;translations,C. 298Pin´dus, Mount,97;C. 76Pip-le´a,223Pi-ræ´us,253Pi-re´nē, a fountain in Corinth, said to have started from the ground (like Hippocrene) under a kick of Pegasus,215Pi-rith´o-us,237,243,258,259Pĭ-sis´trȧ-tus,452Pittheus (pit´thūs),251;C. 78, table F;148(5) B, table I;174, table M;190-194(2), table OPleasure,136Pleiads (ple´yads), Pleiades (ple´yȧ-dēs̟ or ple-i´ȧ-dēs̟), daughters of Atlas,57,180;myth of,123,124;C. 97Plenty, goddess of,204Plex-ip´pus,238,240Plutarch (plōō'tärk), referred to,250,252Pluto (plōō'tō), A´ĭ-dēs̟, A´dēs̟, Ha´dēs̟,5,6,20,234,355;his abode,47-50,353;attributes,52,53;the Roman Orcus,53,59;and Æsculapius,104;carries off Proserpine,159,160;mollified by Orpheus,166;and Neptune,170;helmet of,209;and Hercules,220;Theseus and Pirithoüs,259;C. 47Plutus (plōō'tus),C. 47Pœas (pe´ȧs),227Pœna (pe´na). (1) Greek, an attendant, with Di´ke and Erinys, of Nemesis.(2) Latin, goddess of punishment.Pœnæ: sometimes the FuriesPoets of mythology, in Greece,451-455;in Rome,456,457;C. 298, 299.See, in general, underMyth, Preservation ofPo-li´tēs̟,312Pol´lux, Polydeuces (pol-ĭ-dū´sēs̟),206,230,237,242-245,275,289;C. 190-194(3)Pol-y-bo´tēs̟,C. 8Pol´y-bus,261,262Pol-y-cli´tus, Pol-y-cle´tus,81;C. 26, 64Pol-y-deꞓ'tēs̟,208;punished by Perseus,213Pol-y-deꞓ'tēs̟, a name applied to Pluto,C. 47Pol´y-döre (Pol-y-do´rus), son of Cadmus,89,261;C. 182-189, table NPol´y-döre (Pol-y-do´rus), son of Priam,347Pol-y-hym´nĭ-a (Po-lym´nĭ-a), the muse of sacred poetry,37;C. 38(4)Pol-y-i´dus,215Polynesian (pol-ĭ-ne´shan) savages, mental development of,441;myths among,447,449Pol-y-ni´çēs̟,264,265,266,268;C. 182-189, table NPol-y-phe´mus,170;and Galatea, Lang's translation of Theocritus, Idyls VI and XI,198-200;P. and Ulysses,320-323;and Æneas,349;C. 141, 231-244Pol-y-phon´tē,150Pol-y-phon´tēs̟,241Polyxena (po-lix´e-na),272,276,307,313;C. 190-194(5),219-220Po-mo´na, quotation from Macaulay's Prophecy of Capys,61;and Vertumnus, myth of, extract from Thomson's Seasons,195;C. 54, 139Pon´tus, region near the Black Sea, Ovid's Letters from,456Pon´tus, a sea-god,55,201Porphyrion (pôr-fĭr´ĭ-ŏn), a Giant,7Pôr-tha´ŏn, genealogy of,C. 148(3), (5),168Pôr-tum´nus,202.SeeMelicertesPoseidon (po-si´dŏn). SeeNeptunePrax-it´ḗ-lēs̟, a Greek sculptor,C. 35, 36, 38(1),54, 100, 131Pri´am (Pri´ȧ-mus),179,225,276;in Trojan War,278-307,312,313;C. 190-194(5),207, 216Pri-a´pus, a Roman god of increase, promoter of horticulture and viticulturePrithivi (prĭ-tē'vĭ). SeeHindu divinities(1)Proc´nē, Prog´nē,249,250;C. 174Pro´cris,172-175;Dobson's Death of,174,175,328;C. 123-124Pro-crus´tēs̟,170,251Prod´ĭ-cus of Chios, a contemporary of Socrates; author of the story of the Choice of HerculesPrœtus (prē'tus),214Progress, theory of, in mythology,436,440-446Prometheus (pro-me´thūs),2,6,206,207,269,271,455;a creator,8,10n;champion of man,10;chained on Mount Caucasus,11,225;his secret,11,12;quotations from G. C. Lodge, Byron, and Longfellow,12-15;C. 10-15Propertius (pro-pẽr´shĭ-us),457Pro-sẽr´pĭ-na, Pros´ẽr-pĭne, Pẽr-seph´o-nē,20,43,44,234,318;Swinburne's Garden of Proserpine,49,50;attributes,53;the Roman Libera,59;P. and Psyche,134,135;the rape of,159,160;Shelley's Song of Proserpine,160;Ceres' search for,160-163;quotation from G. E. Woodberry's Proserpine,163,164;mollified by Orpheus,166;Theseus' attempt to abduct,220;Æneas,354;C. 48, 114-117Pro-tes-ĭ-la´us,282.SeeLaodamiaProteus (pro´tūs),56,58;and Aristæus,202,203;C. 50-52and table C;145Psamathe (sam´ȧ-thē),103Pseudo-Mū-sæ´us,C. 104.SeeMusæusPsyche (si´kē), myth of,128-139,457;extracts from William Morris' Earthly Paradise,131,135;Bridge's Eros and Psyche,132;Pater's Marius,133;T. K. Hervey's Cupid and Psyche,136,137;Keats' Psyche,137-139;C. 101-102Psychopompus (si-ko-pom´pus): Mercury as guide of ghosts to the underworld,35,47;C. 36Ptah (p´tä). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Purpose of this work,1Py-ȧ-nep´sĭ-a,C. 30Pygmalion (pig-ma´lĭ-ŏn), fabled sculptor,139;and the statue,145-147;extracts from Lang's New Pygmalion,145,146,147;from William Morris' Pygmalion and the Image,146,147;C. 105Pygmalion (pig-ma´lĭ-ŏn), king of Tyre,351Pygmies,221;C. 156-162Pylades (pil´ȧ-dēs),315,316;C. 228-230Py´lŏs,150,225,285,452;C. 109, 156-162Pyramus (pĭr´ȧ-mus),139;and Thisbe,147-149;C. 106Pyriphlegethon (pĭr-ĭ-fleḡ'e-thŏn),327.SeePhlegethonPyrrha (pĭr´a) and Deucalion,16,207;C. 19-20; genealogy,148(5)Pyrrhus (pĭr´us), or Ne-op-tol´e-mus,312,313;C. 190-194(1).SeeNeoptolemusPythagoras (pĭ-thag´o-rȧs), a philosopher of Samos, about 550B.C.;his doctrine of metempsychosis,360andC. 255-257Pythia (pith´ĭ-a),C. 30, 32.SeeDianaPythian Games,27;C. 176-181(Textual)Py´thŏn,26,92;C. 30, 74Pythoness (pith´o-ness),C. 30Quĭ-ri´nus,61Rä. SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Rȧg´nȧ-rŏk´,394Rakshasas (rŭk´shȧ-sȧs̟). SeeHindu divinities(1)Râmâyana (rä-mä´yȧ-nȧ),462,463;compared with Iliad,463;paraphrase of,C. 303Râvana (rä´vȧ-nȧ),463Re-ġil´lus,243Regin (rā'gĭn),400,401Reim-thursar (rām´thẽr-sär), Rime or Frost giants. SeeHrim-thursarRe´mus,372Rerir (rā'rēr),398Rhadamanthus (rad-ȧ-man´thus),51,53,216,357;son of Europa,71,246;C. 255-257Rhamnusia (ram-nū´shĭ-a): Nemesis, from Rhamnus in Attica, where she was specially worshipedRhapsodists, the,452Rhea (re´a),4,5,19,44,152;the Roman Magna Mater,59;C. 4, 41, 110-112, 146-147.SeeCybeleRhine,404-406,409,410-430passimRhine-daughters, in Wagner's Ring,410,411,416,427-430Rhine-gold, Wagner's opera of the,410-416Rhodope (rod´o-pē), a mountain range in Thrace,97;C. 76Rhodope (rod´o-pē), A´cŏn and, Landor's poem,C. 138Rhœcus, (re´kus), myth of,193,194;extracts from Lowell's Rhœcus,193,194;C. 138Rhœtus (re´tus),C. 8Ring of the Nibelung, Wagner's,410-430Rĭ´shĭs̟,462River ocean,3.SeeOceanRock, the White,47Rod´mär,400,401Roman divinities,2,3,59-63Rome,365,366,372,448,456Rom´ū-lus,60,372;as Quirinus,61Runes,375,394,413,457,458;C. 300Russians,448Rut´ū-lī, Rutulians (rōō-tōō'lĭ-ans),362,365-370Rymer (rē'mẽr),396Sȧ-bri´na, a nymph in Milton's Comus,204Sæmund (sā'mōōnd) the Wise,459Sä´gȧs̟, the,460;of the Volsungs,398-405,460;C. 282Sal´ȧ-mis,308Sa´lĭ-ī,C. 28Salmoneus (sal-mo´nūs),357Sa´mŏs,247;C. 34Sam-o-thra´çē, or Samothracia (sam-o-thra´shĭ-a), an island near the coast of Thrace,242Samson and Hercules,440Sanskrit, studies and translations,C. 303Sappho (saf´o),149,453,454;C. 107Saramâ (sȧ-rȧ'mä),C. 36Sarameyas (sȧ-rȧ-mā'yȧs),C. 36Sarasvati (săr´ȧs-wȧ-tē). SeeHindu divinities(2)Sär-pe´dŏn, son of Jove and Europa,71Sär-pe´dŏn, son of Jove and Laodamia, in the Trojan War,280,290,298Sat´urn (Sȧ-tur´nus), the attempts to identify Cronus and,59;his rule in Latium,59,362,366;C. 4, 54Sat-ur-na´lĭ-a,59Sȧ-tur´nĭ-a,366Satyrs (săt´ẽrs or sā'tẽrs),44,152,189,190,195,258;described,46,186;extract from R. Buchanan's Satyr,186,187;C. 131Săv´ĭ-tȧr. SeeHindu divinities(1)Scȧ-man´dẽr,272Sꞓhe´rĭ-a,332Schœneus (ske´nūs),139Sco´păs, a Greek sculptor of Paros, first half of the 4th centuryB.C.; he made the Niobe group; see alsoC. 42, 78, 131Scylla (sil´a), described,57,255;and Glaucus,200,201;and Nisus,201,202;and Ulysses,329,330;and Æneas,350;C. 50-52and table C;142, 231-244Scyros (si´rŏs),260,270,279Scythia (sith´ĭ-a),97,192,316;C. 76Sea. SeeWatersSea-monsters, and Hesione,170;and Andromeda,212.SeeWaters, Greek gods ofSĕb. SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Sĕ-le´nē,29,39,43,117;and Endymion,124,125;C. 98.SeeDianaSem´e-lē,44,64,89,152;myth of,71-73,261,288;E. R. Sill's poem, Semele,72,73;C. 42, 60Sĕ-mĭr´ȧ-mis,147;C. 106Sĕ-mit´ic races,448Sem´næ. SeeFuriesSen´e-ca,457;references to tragedies of,215Se-ra´pis, Sȧ-ra´pis. SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Serimnir (sā-rēm´nēr),376,388Sĕ-ri´phus,208,213;C. 149-154Ses´tŏs,142Sĕt or Seth (sĕt). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Shu (shōō). SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Sibyl (sib´il),352-361;C. 245-254Sĭ-ꞓhæ´us,351Sicily,118,161,201,247,349,350,352Sicyon (sish´ĭ-ŏn), or Me-co´nē,10;C. 10-15Siegelind (sēḡ'ẽ-lind),405;in Wagner's Ring,416-421Siegfried (sēḡ'frēd),405-409,420-429;Wagner's opera of,421-426;C. 282-283Sieglinde (sēḡ'lin-dẽ),416-421.SeeSiegelindSiegmund (sēḡ'mund),405,416-421.SeeSigmundSiggeir (sĭḡ'gār),398-400Sigi (sē'ḡē),398,405Sĭḡ'mund,398-