Philippus, of Thebes, 43, 44, 48, 50. Philochŏrus of Athens, antiquarian and writer on legend (d. 260), 100. Philolaüs, an early Pythagorean, 22. Philomēlus, 88. Phlĕgyas, of Orchomenus, a mythical hero, slain for impiety, 185. Phocis, Phocians, 88, 95, 96, 100, 185, 194. Phoebĭdas, a Spartan general, who treacherously seized the Cadmeia in 382: 8. Phoebus, ‘The Bright’, an appellation of Apollo, 67, 76, 107, 138. _Phoenissae_, a play of Euripides, 107 n. Phosphor, Phosphorus (the planet Venus), 154, 268, 273. Phrygia, 126, 306. Phrynē, 95. Phyleus, 204. Phyllĭdas, 10, 11, 28, 29, 32, 43, 48, 50. Pillars of Hercules (on the Straits of Gibraltar), 305. Pindar, the Theban lyric poet (518-438), 7, 72 _n._, 77, 87, 98, 102 _n._, 104, 105, 108 _n._, 123, 127, 131 _n._, 179, 194, 202, 226, 227, 265, 273, 282. Pisa, a town in, or adjoining, Elis, 94. Pittăcus (652-569), patriot, and sole-ruler (‘aesymnete’) of Mytilēnē, one of the Seven Wise Men, 61. Planetiădes (see Didymus). Plataea, a city of Boeotia on the Asopus, near the frontier of Attica, 124. Plato, of Athens, 430-347, founder of the Academy, 13, 14, 63, 72, 104, 126, 129, 134, 137, 156, 181, 318, 319; _Cratylus_, 71, 130, 235; _Laws_, 186; _Minos_, 179; _Phaedo_, 165; _Republic_, 167, 187; _Sophistes_, 151; _Symposium_, 130; _Timaeus_, 69, 128, 139, 141, 149, 154, 155, 180, 226, 272, 279, 293, 295, 305. Plato, of Thebes, 12. Pleisthĕnes, son of Atreus and father of Agamemnon (but there are variations in the story), 188. Pleistoănax, a king of Sparta (d. 408), 99. Plutarch, introduced only into the Dialogues on the _‘E’ at Delphi_ (First Pythian Dialogue) and on the _Delays in Divine Punishment_, 232. Pluto, 77. Polycrătes, of Delphi, 111. Polycrătes, of Samos, 224. Polygnōtus, of Thasos, painter, chiefly of Homeric subjects at Athens and Delphi (fl. 450), 166. Polymnis, of Thebes, father of Epaminondas and Capheisias, 13, 14, 19, 20, 22, 27. Polystyle (e mute), the, 50. Polyxĕna, 95. Pompey the Great (d. 48), 185. Porch, the, the Stoic School at Athens, 93. Poseidon, 89, 146. Poseidonius, of Apamea in Syria, a Stoic philosopher who taught Cicero, 278, 283, 316, 317. Praxitĕles, the Athenian sculptor (fl. 364), 95. Priam, 41, 230. Procles, tyrant of Epidaurus and father-in-law of Periander, seventh century, 99. Promētheus, son of the Titan Iapĕtus, 65. Prōteus, a mythical king of Egypt (Herod. 2, 112), 13. Protogĕnes, 205. Prytaneum, the, 72. Ptolemaeus (‘Ceraunus’, the Thunderbolt), king of Macedon (d. 280), 189. Ptōüm, a mountain on the eastern side of the Copaïc lake, with a sanctuary of Apollo, 121, 124. Punic, 91. Pylaea, a suburb of Delphi, 110. Pyrilampēs, a kinsman of Plato, 18. Pythagoras, of Samos, sixth century, philosopher and traveller, 14, 16, 21, 27, 66, 123, 228 _n._, 231.