265

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Orgia, feasts of Bacchus
Orion, companion of Diana 286
Orpheus, his parentage, and
amazing skill in music; he
overcomes the Sirens; ob-
tains Eurydice, his wife, from
hell, but loses her again; re-
solves never more to marry,
for which he is torn in pieces;
his harp made a constellation;
the meaning of this fable 279
Osiris, king of the Argives, quits
his kingdom and travels into
Egypt, where he marries Io;
killed by his brother Typhon;
the same with Apis and Sera-
pis, and also thought to be
the Sun

P.

286

Pandora, the first woman fash-
ioned by Vulcan; her box,
and the mischiefs that came
from it on mankind 134
Pantheon, description of 15
Paphia, name of Venus 103
Parcæ, why so called, names
and offices of
217
Paris, his descent and birth;
determines who is the fairest
of Juno, Minerva, and Ve-
nus; runs away with Helena,
who was betrothed to Mene-
laus, which occasions the war
between the Greeks and Tro-
jans, in which Paris is killed
by Philoctetes
107
Parnassides, the Muses so call-
ed
162

Parthenos or Parthenia, a title
of Juno 90; and of Minerva'

Periclymenus, one that could
transform himself into any
shape, and was killed by
Hercules when in the shape
of a fly
198
Perseus, son of Jupiter, story
of
267
18

Persians, gods of the
Phæton, the son of Sol, obtains
leave to drive the chariot of
the Sun for one day; over-
throws it, by which the hea-

55

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ven and the earth are set on
fire, and he is by Jupiter
struck with thunder into the
river Po; his sisters turned
into poplars; the meaning of
this fable
Philomela, story of
Phlegethon or Puriphlegethon,
one of the infernal rivers, the
streams of which are fire 210
Phlegyas, in what manner, and
why punished
225
Phorcus or Phorcys, a son of
Neptune
197
Pierides or Pieria, the Muses
so called
Piety, description and illustra-
tion of

Pilumnus, a rural god

Pistor, a name of Jupiter
Pleiades, names of

162

293

192

Pyramus and Thisbe, account
of
Pythius, a name of Apollo 47
Pytho, a daughter of Atlas 277
Python, killed by Apollo

47

34

277

Q.

from what the name

rived
ib.
Pluto, description of, names of,
over what he presides, why
blind
211
Podalirius, a famous physician
272

Polyhymnia, one of the muses
161

135

282

Polyphemus
Polyxena, at her marriage with
Achilles causes him to be
killed, and is sacrificed to
appease his ghost
Pomona, the goddess of fruit 184
Porthmeus or Portitor, a name
of Charon
208
Prædator, a name of Jupiter,
see Jupiter
Priapus, description of
Procris, married to Cephalus,
and killed accidentally by

174

116
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him
Progne, story of
Prometheus, makes a man of
clay, and animates him with
fire stolen from heaven; pun-
ished by Jupiter for his theft,
freed from his punishment by
Hercules; the meaning of
this fable

273

227

Tantalus, wickedness and pun-
ishment of
Telchines, an account of the 149
Tereus, marries Progne, falls in
love with her sister Philo-
mela, cuts out her tongue,
she informs Progne of this
villany by needlework, and
to revenge themselves they
kill and dress Itys, whom his
father Tereus feeds on for
supper, Progne becomes a
sparrow, Philomela a night-
ingale, Tereus a hoopoe, and
Itys a pheasant
Tergemina, a title of Diana 176
Terminus, of what the god 175
Terpsichore, one of the Muses

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