Pro-me´theus, creator of man, who stole fire from heaven for man’s use, [12], [13], [16], [17], [18], [173].
Pros´er-pine, the same as Persephone, goddess of all growing things, daughter of Ceres, carried off by Pluto, [8], [11], [53]-[57], [88], [134 n.], [147], [186], [265], [266].
Pro-tes-i-la´us, slain by Hector the Trojan, allowed by the gods to return for three hours’ talk with his widow Laodomia, [214].
Pro´teus, the old man of the sea, [60], [173], [190]-[191].
Pru´dence (Metis), spouse of Jupiter, [5].
Pry´deri, son of Pwyll, [597]-[607].
Psy´che, a beautiful maiden, personification of the human soul, sought by Cupid (Love), to whom she responded, lost him by curiosity to see him (as he came to her only by night), but finally through his prayers was made immortal and restored to him; a symbol of immortality, [80]-[91].
Pu-ra´nas, Hindu Scriptures, [322].
Pwyll, Prince of Dyved, [583]-[588].
Pyg-ma´li-on, sculptor in love with a statue he had made, brought to life by Venus, [62]-[63];