PYLO′TIS. A Greek name of Minerva.
PYR′ACMON, one of the chiefs of the Cyclopes.
PY′ROIS (luminous). One of the four chariot horses of Sol.
PY′THIA. The priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who delivered the answers
of the oracle. Also the name of the games celebrated in honour of
Apollo’s victory over the Pithon.
PY′THON. A famous serpent killed by Apollo. See Septerion.
QUADRA’TUS. A surname given to Mercury, because some of his statues
were four-sided.
QUAD′RIFRON′TIS. Janus was sometimes depicted with four faces instead
of the usual two, and he was then called Janus Quadrifrontis.
QUI′ES. The Roman goddess of rest; she had a temple just outside the
Collini gate of Rome.
QUIE′TUS. One of the names of Pluto.
QUIRI′NUS. A name given to Mars during war time; and Virgil refers to
Jupiter under the same name.
QUOIT, see Hyacinthus.
RACE, see Atalanta.
RADAMAN′THUS, see Rhadamanthus.
RAGE, see Furies.
RAINBOW, see Iris.
RA′MA. A Hindoo god, who was the terrestrial representative of Vishnu.
RAM’S HIDE, see Golden Fleece.
REEDS, see Pan and Syrinx.
REM′BHA. The Hindoo goddess of pleasure.
REPRODUCTION, see Priapus.
REST, see Quies.
REVENGE, see Ate.
RHADAMAN′THUS, a son of Jupiter and Europa, was the judge of the
Asiatics in the infernal regions.
“These are the realms of unrelenting fate:
And awful Rhadamanthus rules the state.
He hears and judges each committed crime,
Inquires into the manner, place, and time;
The conscious wretch must all his acts reveal,
Loth to confess, unable to conceal;
From the first moment of his vital breath,
To the last hour of unrepenting death.”