PALÆ′MON, or Melicerta, a sea-god, son of Athamas and Ino.
PA′LES. The goddess of shepherds and protectress of flocks; her
festivals were called Palilia.
“Pomona loves the orchard,
And Liber loves the wine,
And Pales loves the straw-built shed,
Warm with the breath of kine.”