Parnas′sides, a name common to the Muses, from Mount Parnassus.
Parnas′sus. The mountain of the Muses in Phocis, and sacred to Apollo and Bacchus. Any one who slept on this mountain became a poet. It was named after one of the sons of Bacchus.
Par′thenon. The temple of Minerva (or Pallas), at Athens. It was destroyed by the Persians, and rebuilt by Pericles.
Par′thenos was a name of Juno, and also of Minerva. See Pallas.
Pasiph′ae was the reputed mother of the Minotaur killed by Theseus. She was said to be the daughter of Sol and Perseis, and her husband was Minos, king of Crete.
Pasith′ea. Sometimes there are four Graces spoken of; when this is so, the name of the fourth is Pasithea.
Pa′van, the Hindoo god of the winds.
Peace, see Concordia.
Peacock, see Argus.
Peg′asus. The famous winged horse which was said to have sprung from the blood of Medusa when her head was cut off by Perseus. His abode was on Mount Helicon, where, by striking the ground with his hoof, he caused water to spring forth, which formed the fountain afterwards called Hippocrene.