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Poseidon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ποσειδῶν), the god of the Mediterranean sea. His name seems to be connected with πότος, πόντος and ποταμός, according to which he is the god of the fluid element. (Müller, Proleg. p. 290.) He was a son of Cronos and Rhea (whence he is called Κρόνιος and by Latin poets Saturnius, Pind. O. 6.48; Verg. A. 5.799.) He was accordingly a brother of...

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Phineus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Φινεύς). 1. A son of Belis and Anchinoe, and brother of Aegyptus, Danaus, and Cepheus. (Apollod. 2.1.4; conip. PERSEUS.） 2. One of the sons of Lycaon. (Apollod. 3.8.1.)3. A son of Agenor, and king of Salmydessus in Thrace (Apollon. 2.178, 237; Schol. ad eund. 2.177). Some traditions called himl a son of Phoenix and Cassiepeia, and a grandson ...

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Pollux in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

[DIOSCURI] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Priam in Wikipedia

Priam (Greek Πρίαμος Priamos) was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon. Modern scholars derive his name from the Luwian compound Priimuua, which means "exceptionally courageous".[1]......

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Pleiades in Wikipedia

The Pleiades (pronounced /ˈplaɪ.ədiːz/, also [ˈpliːədiːz]; from the Greek Πλειάδες [pleːˈades], Modern [pliˈaðes]), companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides. The Pleiades were nymphs in the train of A...

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Polyhymnia in Wikipedia

Polyhymnia ("the one of many hymns", /pɒliˈhɪmniə/; Greek: Πολυύμνια, Πολύμνια), was in Greek mythology the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn and eloquence as well as agriculture and pantomime. She is depicted as very serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elb...

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Peirithous in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Peiri/qoos), a son of Ixion or Zeus by Dia, of Larissa in Thessaly (Hom. Il. 2.741, 14.17; Apollod. 1.8 § 2; Eustath. ad hom. p. 101 i. He was one of the Lapithae, and married to Hippodameia, by whom he became the father of Polypoetes (Hom. Il. 2.740, &100.12.129). When Peirithous was celebrating his marriage with Hippodameia, the intoxi...

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Polyxena in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Polyxena (pronounced /pəˈlɪksɨnə/), Greek Πολυξένη, was the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba.[1] She is considered the Trojan version of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Polyxena is not in Homer's Iliad, appearing in works by later poets, perhaps to add romance to Homer's auste...

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Phlegethon in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, the river Phlegethon (English translation: "flaming") or Pyriphlegethon (English translation: "fire- flaming") was one of the five rivers in the infernal regions of the underworld, along with the rivers Styx, Lethe, Cocytus, and Acheron. Plato describes it as "a stream of fire, which coils round the earth and flows into the ...

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Polyxena in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Πολυξένη), a daughter of Priam and Hecabe (Apollod. 3.12.5). She was beloved by Achilles, and when the Greeks, on their voyage home, were still lingering on the coast of Thrace, the shade of Achilles appeared to them demanding that Polyxena should be sacrificed to him. Neoptolemus accordingly sacrificed her on the tomb of his father. (Eur. H...

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