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Persephone

Daughter of Zeus and Demeter, abducted by Hades.

Perseus

Son of Zeus and Danae, grandson of Acrisius.

Persius Flaccus

Roman satirist, born 34 AD in Etruria.

Pervigilium

Nocturnal festival in honor of a god, especially the Bona Dea.

Petasus

flat felt hat with broad round brim worn by Hermes, introduced into Greece along with chlamys as a distinguishing mark of the ephebi.

Petronius Arbiter

Author of satiric novel in the time of Nero.

Peutinger Tablet

Map of the Roman world, a copy of a third century AD map.

Phaeces

The ruler of the Phaeces, Alcinous, was the father of Nausicaa who helps Odysseus.

Phaedra

Daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, wife of Theseus, mother of Acamas and Demophoon. When her stepson Hippolytus rejected her, she slandered him to Theseus. She then killed herself.

Phaedrus

Roman fabulist, a Macedonian from Pieria who came to Rome as a slave.

Phaethon

Son of Helios and the sea-nymph Clymene. He drove his father's chariot one day and rode the chariot alternately too close to the earth and the sun thereby setting the earth on fire. To stop it, Zeus killed him with a bolt of lightning.

Phalanx

Greek military term. Heavy infantry drawn up in an unbroken line, several (8, then later, 12-16) ranks deep. Also used by Romans against barbarians after the second C. A.D.

Phanocles

Greek elegiac poet of Alexandrine period.

PHAROS

One of the wonders of the ancient world. Lighthouse on island of same name in front of Alexandria's harbor. Built of white marble in 270 B.C. for 800 silver talents.

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