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Paeeon,
the physician of the Olympian gods
Palamedes, son of Nauplius, famed for his wisdom, destroyed by the
jealousy of Odysseus
Pallas, daughter of Triton; Athene killed her by accident and in her
sorrow assumed her name, adding it to her own
Pallas, son of Pandion, brother of Aegeus
Pallas see Athene
Pammon, son of Priam and Hecuba, killed by Neoptolemus
Pan, the god of hills and woods, protecting deity of flocks, herdsmen,
and hunters
Pandarus, son of Lycaon, a Troyan hero
Pandora, the woman made out of earth by Hephaestus and endowed by the
gods with all the graces
Panthous, one of the Troyan elders
Paris, son of Priam and Hecuba, also known as Alexander; abductor of
Helen and thus the cause of the Troyan war
Parthenopaeus, brother of Adrastus, one of the Seven against Thebes
Patroclus, son of Menoetius, the close friend of Achilles. After his
death at Hector's hands, Achilles put aside his wrath and took part again in the
war against Troy
Pedasus, one of the horses of Achilles, distinguished from Balius and
Xanthus by not being immortal
Pegasus, the winged horse, offspring of Poseidon and Medusa, who sprang
with Chrysaor from the torso of Medusa when she was beheaded by Perseus
Peiraeus, son of Clytius, friend of Telemachus
Peisenor, a herald at Ithaca
Peisistratus, son of Nestor and Anaxibia, friend and companion of
Telemachus on his journey to Sparta from
Pelagon, a Lycian, friend of Sarpedon
Pelegon, son of the river-god Axius, father of Asteropaeus
Peleus, son of Aeacus, husband of the Nereid Thetis, father of Achilles,
one of the Argonauts
Pelias, son of Cretheus, uncle of Jason
Pelops, son of Tantalus, killed by his father and served as food to the
gods, but restored miraculously to life by the Fates
Pelorus, a giant, killed by Ares
Peneleus, leader of the Boeotians in the Troyan war
Penelope, daughter of Icarius, faithful wife of Odysseus, mother of
Telemachus
Penthesilea, daughter of Ares, one of the Amazons, who came to the aid of
Troy after the death of Hector
Pentheus, son of Echion and Agave, king of Thebes
Periboea, daughter of Eurymedon king of the giants
Periclymenus of Thebes, son of Poseidon and Chloris, one of the defenders
of Thebes against the Seven
Perigune, daughter of Sinnis, rescued by Theseus and married to Deioneus
Perimedes, one of the companions of Odysseus
Periphas, an Aetolian, killed by Ares
Periphas, a Troyan herald
Periphetes, a famous robber, killed by Theseus
Periphetes, a Troyan ally, killed by Teucer
Periphetes of Mycenae, an Argive, son of Copreus, killed by Hector
Perse, daughter of Oceanus, wife of Helios, mother of Circe and Aeetes
Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, queen of the underworld
Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae, one of the great heroes of Greek
mythology
Petraeus, a centaur, killed by Pirithous
Phaedimus, son of Niobe and Amphion, killed by Apollo
Phaedra, daughter of Minos of Crete, sister of Ariadne, wife of Theseus
Phaenops, a Troyan, son of Asius, father of Xanthus and Thoon
Phaestus, a Troyan ally, killed by Idomeneus
Phaethon, son of Apollo and Clymene, who plunged to his death when he
attempted to guide his father's chariot through the heavens
Phalces, a Troyan, killed by Antilochus
Phegeus, king of Psophis, son of Alphaeus, father of Arsinoe the wife of
Alcmaeon
Phegeus, a Troyan, son of Dares, killed by Diomedes
Phemius, a bard in the palace of Odysseus
Phereclus, a Troyan, son of Harmonides, who built the ship in which Paris
carried off Helen
Pheres, father of Admetus, who refused to die for his son
Phereus, an Argive, one of Nestor's followers
Fhidippus, son of Thessalus, one of the descendants of Heracles
Philoctetes, son of Poeas, friend of Heracles; at Heracles' death he
received his bow and invincible arrows
Philoetius, the faithful cowherd of Odysseus, who helped in the slaughter
of the suitors
Philonoe, daughter of Iobates, wife of Bellerophon
Phineus, brother of Cepheus, uncle of Andromeda, turned to stone by
Perseus
Phineus, son of Agenor, persecuted by the Harpies until delivered from
them by the sons of Boreas
Phoebus see Apollo
Phoenix, son of Amyntor, educator of Achilles
Pholus, son of Silenus, a centaur
Phorcys, father of the Gorgona and of the Graeae
Phorcys, leader of the Phrygians, son of Phaenops, killed by Ajax
Phrixus, son of Athamas and Nephele, brother of Helle Phrontis, son of Chalciope, nephew of Medea Phyleus, son of Augeas, who took the side of Heracles against his father Phylla, one of the mares of Oenomaus Pidytes, a Troyan ally, killed by Odysseus Pierides, one of the names of the Muses, from their birthplace Pieria Pirithous, son of Ixion, friend of Theseus Pisander, a Troyan, killed by Menelaus Pisander, an Argive, son of Maemalus, one of Achilles' Myrmidons Pisander, one of Penelope's suitors, killed by Philoetius Pittheus, son of Pelops and Hippodamia, king of Troezen Pleisthenes, son of Thyestes, killed by his uncle Atreus and served to
Thyestes at a banquet
Pluto see Hades
Podalirius, son of Asclepius and Epione, skilled in the art of healing Podarces, son of Iphicles, leader of the Thessalians, killed by Penthesilea
Podarces, son of Laomedon, brother of Hesione see Priam Podarge, one of the Harpies, mother of Achilles' horses Podargus, one of the horses of Menelaus Podes, a Troyan, son of Eetion, killed by Menelaus Polites, son of Priam and Hecuba, brother of Deiphobus Polites, a friend of Odysseus Polybotes, one of the giants, pursued by Poseidon Polybus, king of Corinth, foster father of Oedipus Polyctor, the name assumed by Hermes when he guided Priam to Achilles Polydamas, a Troyan leader, son of Panthous Polydectes, ruler with his brother over the island of Seriphus, husband of
Danae, stepfather of Perseus Polydeuces, son of Tyndareus and Leda,
brother of Helen; Polydeuces and his brother Castor together were known as the Dioscuri (by one branch of tradition they were the sons of Zeus) of the Tyndaridae
Polydorus, youngest son of Priam and Laothoe, stoned to death by the
Argives Polyidus, a renowned seer
Polymnestor, king of Thrace, to whom Polydorus, youngest son of Priam,
was entrusted for rearing
Polynices, son of Oedipus and Jocasta, brother of Eteocles and Antigone,
one of the Seven against Thebes
Polyphemus, son of Elatus and Hippe, one of the Argonauts
Polyphemus, one of the Cyclopes, in whose cave Odysseus and his
companions were imprisoned
Polyphontes, a descendant of Heracles, brother and murderer of
Cresphontes
Polypoetes, an Argive, son of Pirithous and Hippodamia
Polyxena, daughter of Priam and Hecuba
Polyxenus, son of Agasthenes, leader of the Elians against Troy
Pontonous, a Phaeacian herald
Porphyrion, one of the giants, killed by Zeus and Heracles
Poseidon, the god of the sea, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus
Priam, son of Laomedon, brother of Hesione, husband of Hecuba, father of
Hector; king of Troy; in his youth he was also known as Podarces
Procles, son of Aristodemus and Argia, twin brother of Eurysthenes
Procrustes see Damastes
Proetus, king of Tiryns, son of Abas
Promachus, an Argive from Boeotia, killed by Acamas
Promachus, son of Parthenopaeus, one of the Epigoni
Prometheus, son of Iapetus, brother of Epimetheus; he was sentenced to
eternal punishment by Zeus for having stolen fire from heaven and given it to
mankind
Pronous, son of Phegeus
Pronons, a Troyan, killed by Patroclus
Protesilaus, son of Iphicles, brother of Podarces, killed by Aeneas
Proteus, the old man of the sea, who could change his shape at will
Prothoe, an Amazon, killed by Heracles
Prothoenor, an Argive, leader of the Boeotians, killed by Polydamas
Prothoon, a Troyan, killed by Teucer
Prothous, leader of the Magnesians before Troy
Pylades, son of Strophius, friend of Orestes, betrothed to Electra
Pylaemenes, a Troyan ally, killed by Menelaus; he was the father of
Harpalion
Pylaeus, a Troyan ally, son of Lethus
Pyraechmes of Paeonia, a Troyan ally, killed by Patroclus
Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora, wife of Deucalion, with him
saved from the flood by which Zeus destroyed the race of men
Pyrrhus see Neoptolemus
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