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Priamus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Pri/amos), the famous king of Troy, at the time of the Trojan war. He was a son of Laomedon and Strymo or Placia. His original name is said to have been Podarces, i. e. "the swift-footed," which was changed into Priamus, "the ransomed" (from πρίαμαι), because he was the only surviving son of Laomedon and was ransomed by his sister Hesione, ...

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Phlegethon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Φλεγέθων), i. e. the flaming, a river in the lower world, is described as a son of Cocytus; butheis more commonly called Pyriphlegethon. (Verg. A. 6.265, 550; Stat. Tolwb. 4.522.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Pleiades in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Pleia/des or Πελειάδες), the Pleiads, are called daughters of Atlas by Pleione (or by the Oceanid Aethra, Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1155), of Erechtheus (Serv. ad Aen. 1.744), of Cadmus (Theon, ad Arat. p. 22), or of the queen of the Amazons. (Schol. ad Theocrit. 13.25.) They were the sisters of the Hyades, and seven in number, six of whom are de...

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Polynices in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Polynices or Polyneices (Greek: Πολυνείκης, transl. Polyneíkes, "manifold strife") was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta. His wife was Argea. His father, Oedipus, was discovered to have killed his father and married his mother, and was expelled from Thebes, leaving his sons Eteocles and Polynices to rule. Because of a curse pu...

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Priapus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Priapos (Ancient Greek: Πρίαπος), Latinized as Priapus, was a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia. His Roman equivalent was Mutunus Tutunus. Priapus was best noted for his large, permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical term priapism......

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Pomona in Wikipedia

In Roman mythology, Pomona was the goddess of plenty. Her name comes from the Latin word, pomum, which translates to "fruit." She scorned the love of Silvanus and Picus but married Vertumnus after he tricked her, disguised as an old woman.[1] Her high priest was called the flamen Pomonalis. The pruning knife was her attribute. She is a uniquel...

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Phosphorus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*Fwsfo/ros), or as the poets call him ἑωσφόρος or Φαεσφόρος (Lat. Lucfer), that is, the bringer of light or of Eos, is the name of the planet Venus, when seen in the morning before sunrise (Hom. Il. 23.226; Virg. Gerl. 1.288; Ov. Met. 2.115, Trist. 1.3. 72.) The same planet was called Hesperus (Vesperugo, Vesper, Noctif or Nocturnus) when it ...

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Pluto in Wikipedia

Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld, the counterpart of the Greek Hades. Pluto was god of the underworld Tertius ("third world") and its riches. The name is the Latinized form of Greek Πλούτων (Ploutōn), another name by which Hades was known in Greek mythology, possibly from the Greek word for wealth, πλοῦτος (ploutos). It is debatable w...

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Polymnia in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Πολύμνια), or POLYHY'MNIA, a daughter of Zeus, and one of the nine Muses. She presided over lyric poetry, and was believed to have invented the lyre. (Hes. Th. 78; Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 3.1.) By Oeagrus she became the mother of Orpheus. (Schol. l.c. 1.23.) In works of art she was usually represented in a pensive attitude. (Hirt, Mythol. Bi...

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Pomona in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

the Roman divinity of the fruit of trees, hence called Pomorum Patrona. Her name is evidently connected with Pomum. She is represented by the poets as having been beloved by several of the rustic divinities, such as Silvanus, Picus, Vertumnus, and others (Ov. Met. 14.623, &c.; Propert. 4.2. 21, &c.; Serv. ad Aen. 7.190). Her worship mu...

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