O lymp' os, or Olympus—a mountain in Thrace. The home of the gods.
O rĕs' tēs—the son of Agamemnon.
Par' is, or Alexandros—a son of Priam. At his birth there was a prophecy that he would be the ruin of his country; hence he was cast out upon Mount Ida, where he was found and rescued by a shepherd. (See [Introduction].)
Par nas' sos—a mountain near the north coast of the Corinthian Gulf. It is 8,070 feet high and commands a view of Mount Olympos to the north, Eubœa on the east, the islands of the Archipelago, the Peloponnesus, and even Mount Korax.
Pat' rŏ klos, or Patroclus—the intimate friend of Achilles. His death at the hands of the Trojans provoked Achilles to action.
Pei sis' tra tos—a son of Nestor.
Pē' leus—the father of Achilles.
Pel op on nēs' us—the peninsula of lower Greece.
Pe nel' o pe—the wife of Odysseus. The greatest heroine of ancient romance.
Pĕr sĕph' ō ne, or Proserpine—daughter of Demeter (Ceres). "She was the goddess of Spring and was allowed to spend two-thirds of the year with her mother, while the remaining time she dwelt with her husband, Hades, in his underground abode." Eleusis, twelve miles west of Athens, was the centre of the worship of Demeter and Persephone. (See Baedeker's Greece—Eleusis.)