PHAETON, son of Phoebus, who dared attempt to drive his father's sun chariot PHANTASOS, a son of Somnus, bringing strange images to sleeping men PHAON, beloved by Sappho PHELOT, knight of Wales PHEREDIN, friend of Tristram, unhappy lover of Isoude PHIDIAS, famous Greek sculptor PHILEMON, husband of Baucis PHILOCTETES, warrior who lighted the fatal pyre of Hercules PHILOE, burial place of Osiris PHINEUS, betrothed to Andromeda PHLEGETHON, fiery river of Hades PHOCIS PHOEBE, one of the sisters of Phaeton PHOEBUS (Apollo), god of music, prophecy, and archery, the sun god PHOENIX, a messenger to Achilles, also, a miraculous bird dying in fire by its own act and springing up alive from its own ashes PHORBAS, a companion of Aeneas, whose form was assumed by Neptune in luring Palinuras the helmsman from his roost PHRYXUS, brother of Helle PINABEL, knight PILLARS OF HERCULES, two mountains--Calpe, now the Rock of Gibraltar, southwest corner of Spain in Europe, and Abyla, facing it in Africa across the strait PINDAR, famous Greek poet PINDUS, Grecian mountain PIRENE, celebrated fountain at Corinth PIRITHOUS, king of the Lapithae in Thessaly, and friend of Theseus, husband of Hippodamia PLEASURE, daughter of Cupid and Psyche PLEIADES, seven of Diana's nymphs, changed into stars, one being lost PLENTY, the Horn of PLEXIPPUS, brother of Althea PLINY, Roman naturalist PLUTO, the same as Hades, Dis, etc. god of the Infernal Regions PLUTUS, god of wealth PO, Italian river POLE STAR POLITES, youngest son of Priam of Troy POLLUX, Castor and (Dioscuri, the Twins) (See Castor) POLYDECTES, king of Seriphus POLYDORE, slain kinsman of Aeneas, whose blood nourished a bush that bled when broken POLYHYMNIA, Muse of oratory and sacred song POLYIDUS, soothsayer POLYNICES, King of Thebes POLYPHEMUS, giant son of Neptune POLYXENA, daughter of King Priam of Troy POMONA, goddess of fruit trees (See VERTUMNUS) PORREX and FER'REX, sons of Leir, King of Britain PORTUNUS, Roman name for Palaemon POSEIDON (Neptune), ruler of the ocean PRECIPICE, threshold of Helas hall PRESTER JOHN, a rumored priest or presbyter, a Christian pontiff in Upper Asia, believed in but never found PRIAM, king of Troy PRIWEN, Arthur's shield PROCRIS, beloved but jealous wife of Cephalus PROCRUSTES, who seized travellers and bound them on his iron bed, stretching the short ones and cutting short the tall, thus also himself served by Theseus PROETUS, jealous of Bellerophon PROMETHEUS, creator of man, who stole fire from heaven for man's use PROSERPINE, the same as Persephone, goddess of all growing things, daughter of Ceres, carried off by Pluto PROTESILAUS, slain by Hector the Trojan, allowed by the gods to return for three hours' talk with his widow Laodomia PROTEUS, the old man of the sea PRUDENCE (Metis), spouse of Jupiter PRYDERI, son of Pwyll