prophetic answers (also called Oracles) to those who came to enquire
concerning the future. Answers are given to Cadmus, 56; Oenomaus,
77; Acrisius, 95; the parents of Andromeda, 99; Heracles, 113 and
139; the Trojans, 126; Pelias, 151; the Athenians, 203; Oedipus, 206;
Adrastus, 213; Alcmaeon, 227; the parents of Psyche, 231.
_Orpheūs_. Delivers the Argonauts from the Sirens by
overpowering their song, 168.
_Ossa, Mt_. The Giants propose to set up this mountain on the top of
Mt. Pelion, and so climb up to Olympus, 6.
_Othrys, Mt_. The mountain from which the old gods fight with the
younger ones, 4.
_Otus_. Son of Poseidon and brother of Ephialtes, 27. He and his
brother fight against the gods and make Ares prisoner, 28. They are
killed through a device of Artemis, 28.
_PALLANTIDAE_. Sons of Pallas, the brother of Aegeus, 177. They lay
a plot to kill their Uncle and Theseus, 184.
_Pallas_. Brother of Aegeus king of Athens, 177.
_Pandōra_. Is fashioned by Hephaestus out of clay, and
endowed with gifts by all the gods, 10. Is sent to be the wife of
Epimetheus, anil takes with her, as her dowry, a casket full of
Diseases and Cares, 10 and 11.
_Parnassus_. A mountain sacred to the gods. Zeus proves it to be
the centre of the earth, 14. The chest in which Deucalion and Pyrrha
have been preserved during the Flood, strands there, 14. The sacred
Oracle of Apollo is located in Delphi, a city on Mt. Parnassus, 55.
_Parthenopaeus_. One of the Seven Heroes who marched against Thebes,
213.
_Pegasus_. A beautiful winged horse. Bellerophon becomes his
master, is taught by the goddess Athene how to control him, and by
his help overcomes the Chimaera, 48 to 50.
_Pelias_. King of Iolcus, 151; and father of Alcestis, 92. Gives
his daughter in marriage to Admetus, 92 and 93. Sends Jason to fetch
the Golden Fleece, 152. Kills the father of Jason during his
absence, 171. Is put to death by his own daughters, through the
treachery of Medea, 172 and 173.
_Pēlion, Mt_. The Giants propose to climb up from this
mountain to Olympus, 6.
_Peloponnesus_. A peninsula of Greece, named after Pelops, 79.
_Pelops_. Is killed by his father, and served up to the gods at a
banquet, 75; but is brought to life again by Zeus, 76. Is
dispossessed of his kingdom of Phrygia, 77. Travels to Elis, and
through craft conquers Oenomaus in the chariot-race, 77 to 79.
Marries Hippodamia, and becomes king of Elis, 79.
_Perigunē_. Daughter of the Fir-bender, one of the robbers
slain by Theseus on his way to Athens, 180.
Pēro. Daughter of Neleus, king of Pylos, 69. Becomes the
wife of Bias, 72.
_Persephonē_. Daughter of Demeter. Is carried off by Pluto
to be queen of the Lower World, 16 to 18. Sends back Alcestis to
live again for a time in the Upper World, 94. Receives Heracles when
he visits the Lower World, 136. Gives Psyche the casket for which
she has been sent by Aphrodite, 212.
_Perseūs_. Son of Zeus and Danaë, 95 and 96. Is sent by
the king of the island where his mother has taken refuge, to fetch
the head of Medusa, 96 to 98. Rescues Andromeda from the monster,
and is married to her, 99 to 101. Returns with the head of Medusa,
and rescues his mother from the king, who wants to marry her, 101.
Kills his grandfather unintentionally, and succeeds to the kingdom of
Argos, 102; but exchanges it for the cities of Mycenae and Tiryns,
103.
_Phaedra_. Daughter of Minos king of Crete. Is married to Theseus,
197. Loves Hippolytus and asks him to marry her, 197. Causes his
death when he refuses, and then hangs herself in despair, 198.
_Phaëthon_. Son of Helios, 39. Obtains leave from his father to
drive the chariot of the sun for a single day, 40. Falls from it,
and is killed by a thunderbolt, 41.
_Phēgeūs_. Purges Alcmaeon from the stain of
blood, and gives him his daughter in marriage, 227. Sends his sons
to kill Alcmaeon on account of his faithlessness, 229.
_Phenicia_. The home of Europa and Cadmus, 54.
_Phineūs_. (1) Brother of Cepheus. Disputes the right of
Perseus to marry Andromeda, and is turned to stone, 100 and 101. (2)
A seer whom the Argonauts deliver from the Harpies, 157 and 158.
_Pholus_. One of the Centaurs. Entertains Heracles in his cave, 117
and 118.
_Phrixus_. Son of King Athamas, and brother of Helle. His
stepmother lays a plot to kill him, hut he is rescued by a Golden Ram
and carried away to Colchis, where he marries the daughter of King
Aeëtes, 148 to 150.
_Phrygia_. The country of Tantalus, 75. His son Pelops is driven
away from his kingdom, 77.
_Phylacus_. Inherits the cattle of his father Iphiclus, 69. Agrees
to give them to Melampus if he will teach him how his son may
propitiate the gods and obtain an heir, 70 to 72.
_Phyleūs_. Son of Augeas king of Elis. Refuses to bear
false witness against Heracles, and is banished by his father, 120
and 121. Heracles restores him, and makes him king, 142.
_Pillars of Heracles_. Two mountains of rock set up by Heracles in
the sea between Europe and Africa, 128.
_Pīrithoüs_. King of the Lapithae. Forms a friendship with
Theseus, 195; who helps him to defeat the Centaurs, 196. Pirithoüs
is compelled to sit for ever on an iron seat in the Lower World, 200
and 202.
_Pluto_. Son of Cronus, 4. Is made king of the Lower World, 5.
Carries off Persephone, 16 to 18. Allows Sisyphus to return to the
earth for a single day, 44. Allows Heracles to take Cerberus to the
Upper World on condition that he captures him without weapons, 136.
_Podarces_. Son of Laomedon king of Troy. Is rescued by his sister
Hesione when the town is sacked by Heracles, 140. Receives the name
of Priam, 141.
_Pollux_. Son of Zeus and Leda, and brother of Castor, 200 and 201.
Rescues his sister Helena, 201. Takes part in the expedition of the
Argonauts, 157. Petitions Zeus that he and his brother Castor may be
allowed to share the same fate, 201.
_Polybus_. King of Corinth, 205. Adopts Oedipus, 206.
_Polynīces_. Son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Is banished from
Thebes by his brother Eteocles, and takes refuge with Adrastus king
of Argos, 212 and 213. Induces Adrastus to march an army against
Thebes, 213. Accepts his brother's challenge to single combat, in
which he gives and receives a mortal blow, 220.
_Poseidon_. Son of Cronus, 4. The sea is made subject to him, 4 and
5. Gives Idas a winged chariot in which to carry off Marpessa, 20.
Becomes the father of Otus and Ephialtes, 27. Punishes Cassiopea for
being vain of her beauty, 99. Gives Pterelaus a golden hair which
preserves him from death, 107. Sends Minos a bull for sacrifice, and
punishes him for keeping it back, 122. Punishes Laomedon for his
faithlessness, 126. The Argo is dedicated to Poseidon, 171.
Poseidon disputes with Athene the guardianship of Athens, 176. At
the request of Theseus, he creates the monster that destroys
Hippolytus, 198.
_Priam_. See _Podarces_.
_Proetus_. King of Argos. Cleanses Bellerophon from the murder of
his brother, 45; but thinking he has done him an injury, sends him to
Iobates, whom he desires to kill him, 46. Sends to beg Melampus to
restore his daughters to their right minds, 73 and 74.
_Promēthēus_. Brings down fire to the earth
against the will of Zeus, 9 and 10. Is chained, as a punishment, to
Mt. Caucasus where an eagle preys upon his liver, 12. Is delivered
by Heracles, 12. Warns his son Deucalion of the great flood about to
take place, 13.
Psȳchē. Is hated by Aphrodite on account of her
beauty, 231. Is carried away by the Wind-god, and secretly married
to Eros, 232 and 233. She disobeys his command that she shall never
seek to see him, and he is obliged to leave her, 236. Psyche enters
the service of Aphrodite, who requires her to accomplish hard tasks,
237 to 242. Zeus gifts Psyche with immortality, and sanctions her
marriage with Eros, 243.
_Pterelus_. Grandson of Perseus and king of the Teleboae.
Disputes the right of Electryon to the cities of Mycenae and Tiryns,
104. Amphitryon leads an expedition against him, and conquers him
through the treachery of his daughter, 106 and 107.
_Pylos_. The home of Melampus, 68; also of King Neleus and his
daughter Pero, 69. Heracles conquers the city, 142.
_Pyrrha_. Wife of Deucalion, who is saved with him in a wooden chest
at the time of the great Flood, 13 to 15.
_Pythia_. The Priestess of Apollo, through whom the prophetic
answers vouchsafed by the god were transmitted, 55. Answers are
given by her to Cadmus, 56; to Heracles, 113; to the Athenians, 203;
to Oedipus, 206. An answer is refused to Heracles, 139.
_RHEA_. Wife of Cronus, 2. Saves her son Zeus from being devoured
by his father, 3.
_Rome_. Heracles passes the spot where Rome was afterwards built, in
bringing the cattle of Geryon to Mycenae, 130.
_SALMONEUS_. King of Elis. Tries to imitate Zeus, and is destroyed
by a thunderbolt, 42 and 43.
_Sciron_. One of the robbers killed by Theseus on his journey to
Athens, 181.
Scyros. The island where Theseus proposed to spend the last days of
his life, 202. He is treacherously killed there by Lycomedes, 203.
The Athenians fetch his bones from the island, 203 and 204.
_Selēnē_. Goddess of the moon. Loves Endymion, 30.
_Semelē_. Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. Is secretly
married to Zeus, 61. Prevails on him to come to her clothed in the
glory of the gods, and dies at the sight, 61 and 62. Is gifted by
Zeus with immortality, 67.
_Shadow-leader_. The conductor of dead souls to the Lower World. He
takes Alcestis thither, 94.
_Sicily_. The goddess Athene buries one of the Giants beneath the
island, 6. Persephone is carried off from it by the god Pluto, 16.
Daedalus flies to it from the island of Crete, 53.
_Silēnus_. Plays with Dionysus when a child, 64. Follows
him in his journey through the world, 65 and 66; and helps to
celebrate his marriage with Ariadne, 192.
_Sirens_. Treacherous sea-nymphs, who attract sailors by their magic
singing and then tear them to pieces. The Argonauts escape them
through listening to the song of Orpheus, 168.
_Sīsyphus_. King of Corinth. Tries to cheat gods as well
as men, and is tormented in the Lower World with an unending
punishment, 43 and 44.
_Sparta_. The country of King Tyndareus, husband of Leda. Theseus
and Pirithoüs go there and carry off Helena, 199.
_Sparti_. The warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by
Cadmus, 58.
_Sphinx_. A monster with the head of a woman and the body of a
lioness. She propounds a riddle and devours everyone who fails to
answer it, 207 and 208. Oedipus guesses the riddle, and the Sphinx
dies, 208.
_Sthenelus_. Brother of Electryon. Drives his niece Alcmene and her
brother from Mycenae, and seizes the kingdom, 105. Becomes the
father of Eurystheus, 109.
_Storm-foot_. One of the Harpies from whom the Argonauts deliver
Phineus, 167 and 158.
_Stretcher, The_. One of the robbers killed by Theseus on his way to
Athens, 181 and 182.
_Stymphlus_. A city in Arcadia. Heracles drives away the
birds that infest the Stymphalian lake, 121 and 122.
_Styx_. A river of the Lower World, by which the gods swore an
inviolable oath, 40; 62.
_Swift-wing_. One of the Harpies from whom Phineus is delivered by
the Argonauts, 157 and 158.
_Syria_. Io travels to Syria to find her child, 33.
_TAENARUS, MT_. Psyche is directed to go there to find an entrance
to the Lower World, 240.
_Talōs_. An iron watchman, made by Hephaestus for Minos
king of Crete. Medea deludes him into killing himself, 169 and 170.
_Tantalus_. King of Phrygia, 65; and father of Niobe, 80. Kills his
son Pelops and offers the flesh to the gods at a banquet, 75. Is
condemned in the Lower World to an unending punishment, 76.
_Tartarus_. A dark pit below the earth into which the hundred-armed
and one-eyed monsters are banished by Uranus, 2. They are released
by Zeus, and the old gods whom he has defeated, take their place, 4.
Typhöeus is thrust into Tartarus, 7.
_Telamōn_. Receives the beautiful Hesione as a reward for
having been the first to scale the walls of Troy, 140.
_Tēleboae_. The subjects of King Pterelaus. They are sent
on an embassy to Electryon, and a quarrel takes place, 104.
Amphitryon marches against them at the desire of Alcmene, and
conquers their land, 105 to 107.
_Thebes_. Built by the descendants of Cadmus, 59. A wall is built
round it by means of the song of Amphion, 59 and 60. Alcmene takes
shelter there when driven by Sthenelus from Mycenae, 105. Amphitryon
delivers the city from the destroying Fox, 106. Heracles is born in
Thebes, 108 and 110. He delivers the land from the tribute imposed
by the Minyae, 111 and 112; but leaves the city after his madness,
113. Laïus and Jocasta are king and queen of Thebes, and Oedipus is
born there, 205. Oedipus delivers the land from the Sphinx, and
becomes king, 207 and 208; but on the discovery of his parentage, he
is banished, 209 and 210. His sons Eteocles and Polynices succeed
him, but Polynices is banished by his brother, 212. Polynices goes
to Argos, 212; and persuades Adrastus to lead an army against Thebes,
213. The Argives are defeated before Thebes, 218 to 220. Creon king
of Thebes refuses burial to the Argives, and immures Antigone for
disobeying his orders, 221 to 223. The Epigoni march against Thebes,
224 and 225. The Thebans decide to abandon the city, 225 and 226.
The Epigoni and others re-people it, 226 and 227.
_Thermōdon_. A river in Asia, near which was the country of
the Amazons, 125.
_Thersander_. Son of Polynices. Made king of Thebes by the Epigoni,
on their taking possession of the city, 226.
_Thēseūs_. Son of Aegeus king of Athens. Is
brought up at Troezen by his mother Aethra, 177 and 178. Is sent by
her to the court of his father at Athens, 179. Or: his way there, he
kills many robbers,--the Club-carrier, 179; the Fir-bender, 179 and
130; Sciron, 181; the Stretcher, 181 and 182. Reaches Athens, 182;
and is recognised by Aegeus, 183. Medea's attempt to poison him
fails, 183. The Pallantidae are foiled in their plan to murder him,
184. Theseus captures the Bull of Marathon, 184 and 185. Goes to
Crete as part of the tribute of seven youths and seven maidens, kills
the Minotaur, and escapes with Ariadne, 187 to 190. Is compelled to
leave Ariadne at Naxos, 191. Forgets to hoist the white sail, and
thus causes the death of his father, 192 and 193. Carries off
Hippolyta to be his wife, 193. Conquers the Amazons, 194 and 195.
Makes a friendship with Pirithoüs, and helps him to defeat the
Centaurs, 195 and 196. Erects an Altar of Pity in the market-place
of Athens, 196. Marries Phaedra, 197. Prays for the death of
Hippolytus, 198. Joins Pirithoüs in carrying off the beautiful
Helena, 199; and descends with him to the Lower World to try and get
possession of Persephone, 199. Finds himself unable to leave a stone
on which he had sat down for a moment, 200; but after many years is
released by Heracles, 201 and 202. On his return to Athens, finds
himself forgotten, and retires to Scyros, 202. Is there killed
treacherously by Lycomedes, 203. His bones are transferred to
Athens, 203 and 204.
_Thrace_. The country of Diomedes, whose fierce horses Heracles goes
to fetch, at the command of Eurystheus, 123.
_Tiresias_. A blind seer of Thebes. Explains the visit of Zeus to
Alcmene, 108. Foretells the fate of Oedipus, 205; and 225. Advises
the Thebans to abandon the city, 225. Goes with them, and dies
during the flight, 226.
_Tiryns_. Perseus exchanges his kingdom of Argos for the cities of
Mycenae and Tiryns, 103. The right of his son Electryon to succeed
is disputed by Pterelaus, 104. Sthenelus takes possession of the
kingdom, 105. He is succeeded by Eurystheus, 109.
_Titans, Titanides_. Children of Uranus and Gaea, 2. The father of
Prometheus was a Titan, 9.
_Trchis_. A city of Greece. Heracles leaves Calydon for
Trachis, 144; and goes from Trachis to Euboea, 145.
_Tripod_. A three-legged stool on which the Priestess of Apollo sat
when uttering her divine predictions, 55. Heracles carries off the
sacred Tripod from Delphi, 139.
_Triptolemus_. Is taught by Demeter how to sow corn and cultivate
the land, 19.
_Troezēn_. The home of Aethra, wife of King Aegeus, 177.
Theseus is brought up by her at Troezen, 177 and 178. Helena is
placed there under her care for a time, but is rescued by her
brothers, 199 and 201.
_Troy_. The country of King Laomedon, father of Ganymede. Apollo
and Poseidon build a wall round Troy, and punish Laomedon for
withholding the reward he has promised, 126. Heracles lands at Troy,
and rescues Hesione from the monster, 126 and 127. Returns to punish
Laomedon for his faithlessness, and conquers the city, 140.
_Tȳdeūs_. Is driven from his country on account of
an unintentional murder, and goes for refuge to Adrastus king of
Argos, 212 and 213. Takes part in the expedition against Thebes,
213. Bears a message to Eteocles, and distinguishes himself by feats
of strength, 218. Is killed before Thebes, with all the other
heroes, 220.
_Tyndareūs_. King of Sparta, 199; and husband of Leda, 200.
_Typhōeūs_. A monster created by Gaea to fight
against the gods, 6. Is conquered by Zeus, and flung into Tartarus,
7.
_URANUS_. God of the sky, 1. Is killed by his son Cronus, 2.
_WANDERING ROCKS_. The Argonauts pass through them in safety by the
help of Hera, 168 and 169.
_Wind-god_. Carries Psyche into the beautiful valley, 232. Brings
her two sisters to see her, 234; and takes them home again, 235.
_ZEŪS_. Son of Cronus and Rhea. Is hidden in the island of
Crete and nourished by the goat Amalthea, 3. Makes war against his
father and thrusts him into Tartarus, 4. Marries Hera, 4. Conquers
the Giants, 6; and Typhöeus, 7. Sends Pandora to bring Disease and
Care into the world, 10 and 11. Punishes Prometheus for bringing
down fire to the earth, 12. Destroys the world by a Flood, 13 and
14; and allows Deucalion and Pyrrha to re-people it, 14 and 15.
Stops the fight about to take place between Apollo and Idas, 21.
Marries Leto and becomes the father of Apollo and Artemis, 23.
Becomes the father of Endymion whom he gifts with perpetual sleep,
29. Hurls a thunderbolt at Phaëthon to prevent him from destroying
the earth, 41. Carries off Europa in the form of a bull, 54 and 58.
Marries Semele, and at her wish goes to her surrounded with the glory
of the gods, 62. Raises her from the Lower World to Olympus, 67.
Conceals his son Dionysus from Hera, 63; and gifts him with divine
power, 64 and 65. Imposes a punishment upon Apollo, 81. Marries
Danaë in the form of a golden shower, and becomes the father of
Perseus, 95 and 96. Marries Alcmene, and becomes the father of
Heracles, 108 and 100. Decrees that the next child born of the race
of Perseus shall rule over the cities of Mycenae anil Tiryns, 109.
Sends his sacred eagle to steal away Ganymede, 127. Interposes
between Heracles and Apollo, 139. Punishes Hera for trying to
destroy Heracles, 141. Marries Leda in the form of a swan, and
becomes the father of Pollux and Helena, 200. Grants the wish of
Pollux to share the fate of his brother Castor, 201. Causes the two
sons of Alcmaeon to grow up to manhood in a single night, 229.
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