Polynīces. One of the sons of Oedipus, who killed each other.
Polyphemus. See Cyclopes. His story is given Dialogues of the Sea-Gods, i.
Polyxĕna. Daughter of Priam and Hecuba, loved by Achilles, who after his death demanded that she should be sacrificed to his manes. She submitted willingly, and was slain by Neoptolemus at his father's tomb.
Porch, The. See Poecile and Stoics.
Porus. See Alexander (1).
Posīdon. Son of Cronus, brother of Zeus and Pluto, received the sea as his province. Assisted Apollo in building the walls of Troy for Laomedon.
Praxiteles. Athenian sculptor, 364 B.C. With Scopas, headed the later Attic school, known less for sublimity than beauty. The Cnidian Aphrodite was his.
Priāpus. Son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, worshipped especially at Lampsacus.
Prŏdĭcus. Sophist of Ceos, often at Athens, where Socrates is said to have attended his lectures, about 430 B.C. Spoken of by Plato with more respect than most sophists, and famous for his apologue of The Choice of Heracles, between Pleasure and Virtue.
Proetus. See Bellerophon.