Pisātes, or Pisæi, the inhabitants of Pisa in the Peloponnesus.
Pisaurus, now Poglia, a river of Picenum, with a town called Pisaurum, now Pesaro, which became a Roman colony in the consulship of Claudius Pulcher. The town was destroyed by an earthquake in the beginning of the reign of Augustus. Mela, bk. 2, ch. 4.—Catullus, poem 82.—Pliny, bk. 3.—Livy, bk. 39, ch. 44; bk. 41, ch. 27.
Pisēnor, a son of Ixion and the cloud.——One of the [♦]ancestors of the nurse of Ulysses. Homer, Odyssey, bk. 1.
[♦] ‘ancestor’ replaced with ‘ancestors’
Piseus, a king of [♦]Etruria, about 260 years before the foundation of Rome. Pliny, bk. 7, ch. 26.
[♦] ‘Etrura’ replaced with ‘Etruria’
Pisias, a general of the Argives in the age of Epaminondas.——A statuary at Athens, celebrated for his pieces. Pausanias.
Pĭsĭdia, an inland country of Asia Minor, between Phrygia, Pamphylia, Galatia, and Isauria. It was rich and fertile. The inhabitants were called Pisidæ. Cicero, de Divinatione, bk. 1, ch. 1.—Mela, bk. 1, ch. 2.—Strabo, bk. 12.—Livy, bk. 37, chs. 54 & 56.
Pisidĭce, a daughter of Æolus, who married Myrmidon.——A daughter of Nestor.——A daughter of Pelias.——The daughter of a king of Methymna in Lesbos. She became enamoured of Achilles when he invaded her father’s kingdom, and she promised to deliver the city into his hands if he would marry her. Achilles agreed to the proposal, but when he became master of Methymna, he ordered Pisidice to be stoned to death for her perfidy. Parthenius, Narrationes Amatoriæ, ch. 21.
Pisis, a native of Thespia, who gained uncommon influence among the Thebans, and behaved with great courage in the defence of their liberties. He was taken prisoner by Demetrius, who made him governor of Thespia.