Parrots, assimilation of men to, viii. 208
Parsee priests wear a veil over their mouth, ii. 241
Parsees ascribe sanctity to fire kindled by lightning, ii. 256;
their customs as to menstruous women, x. 85
Parsons, Harold G., on custom of king eating the heart of his predecessor, iv. 203 n. 5
Parthe, the River, at Leipsic, effigy of Death thrown into the, iv. 236
Partheniai, offspring of unmarried women at Sparta, i. 36 n. 2
Parthenon, sculptures in the frieze of the, iv. 89 n. 5;
sculptures in the eastern gable of the, iv. 89 n. 5
Parthenos as applied to Artemis, i. 36