Phoenix (2). An Indian bird which lived five hundred years and then cremated itself, another rising from its ashes.
Pholus. See Heracles.
Phrixus. See Athamas.
Phrygians. Troy being in Phrygia, 'Phrygians' is often used for 'Trojans.'
Phryne. Famous Athenian courtesan, 328 B.C.
Phrynon. Athenian politician in the Macedonian interest, associated by Demosthenes especially with Philocrates.
Piraeus. The port of Athens, about five miles off.
Pisa. The town in Elis, near which the Olympic games were held.
Pitch-plasters were employed by women and by effeminate men for removing the hair from the body.