Myths of Greece and Rome / Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art

by H. A. Guerber

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].