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PAEON (Paion)
-The physician of the gods.
PAIDIA
-The goddess of play and amusement. She was an attendant of the goddess Aphrodite. Illustrated
PALAEMON (Palaimon)
- A young dolphin-riding sea-god who came to the aid of sailors in dsitress. He was a son of the princess Ino who was transformed into a godling when his mother leapt with him into the sea. Illustrated
PALICI (Palikoi)
-The gods of Sicilian geysers and thermal springs. They were also protectors of runaway slaves and defenders of the sacred oaths sworn on their waters.
PALIOXIS
-The male personification of backrush, one the spirits of the battlefield.
PALLAS (1)
-TheTitan-god of warcraft. He was the father of Victory, Force, Power and Rivalry.
PALLAS (2)
-A goatish Gigante slain by Athena who flayed his skin for a shield.
PALLAS (3)
-A nymph companion of the goddess Athena. She was accidentally killed during their war-games, and in her memory the goddess crafted the Palladium.
PAN
-The Arcadian god of shepherds and goatherds. He had the legs, horns and tail of a goat. Illustrated
PANACEA (Panakeia)
-The goddess of cures. She was a daughter of the medicine-god Asclepius.
PANDAISI
-The goddess of rich banquets. an attendant of the goddess Aphrodite.
PANDIA (Pandeia)
-A goddess daughter of Zeus and the moon-goddess Selene.
PANDORA
-The first woman created by the gods who opened the lid of a magic jar containing all the evils which plague mankind. Illustrated
PANES
- Rustic daemones with the legs and horns of a goat. They were similar to the god Pan but more goatish in face and form. Illustrated
PANNYCHIS (Pannykhis)
-The goddess of night-time parties and festivities. She was an attendant of Aphrodite.
PANOPIA (Panopeia)
-The Nereid-goddess of panorama--the sighting of land and approaching storms at sea.
PAREGOROS
-The personification of soothing words, an attendant of the goddess Aphrodite.
PAREIA
-A nymph of the island of Paros loved by King Minos of Crete.
PARTHENOS
-A virgin goddess. She was a Naxian princess who leapt into the sea to escape the wrath of her stepfather Staphylus. Her true father Apollo then transformed her into a goddess.
PASIPHAE
-A goddess-witch of the island of Crete and wife of King Minos. She was cursed with an unnatural lust for the Cretan Bull and after mating it conceived the bull-headed Minotaur. Illustrated
PASITHEA
-One of the Charites who was the wife of Hypnus, god of sleep.
PASSALUS (Passalos)
-One of the monkey-like Cercopes.
PEGAEAE (Pegaiai)
-Naiad-nymphs of springs.
PEGASIS
-A Trojan Naiad-nymph.
PEGASUS (Pegasos)
-A winged horse which sprang from the neck-stump of the decapitated Gorgon Medusa. He was tamed by the hero Bellerophon who rode him into battle against the Amazons and the monstrous Chimera. Illustrated
PEIRENE
-The Naiad-nymph of a fountain of the town of Corinth loved by the god Poseidon.
PEITHO
-The Oceanid-goddess of persuasion and seductive words. She was the nurse and a close companion of the goddess Aphrodite. Illustrated
