The Age of Fable eBook

Thomas Bulfinch
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,207 pages of information about The Age of Fable.

The Age of Fable eBook

Thomas Bulfinch
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 1,207 pages of information about The Age of Fable.

Pallas A THE’NE (Minerva)

PAMPHA Gus, a dog of Diana

Pan, god of nature and the universe

Panathenaea, festival in honor of Pallas Athene (Minerva)

Pandean pipes, musical instrument of reeds, made by Pan in memory of Syrinx

Pandora (all gifted), first woman, dowered with gifts by every god, yet entrusted with a box she was cautioned not to open, but, curious, she opened it, and out flew all the ills of humanity, leaving behind only Hope, which remained

Pandrasus, a king in Greece, who persecuted Trojan exiles under Brutus, great grandson of Aeneas, until they fought, captured him, and, with his daughter Imogen as Brutus’ wife, emigrated to Albion (later called Britain)

Panope, plain of

Panthus, alleged earlier incarnation of Pythagoras

PAPHLAGNIA, ancient country in Asia Minor, south of Black Sea

Paphos, daughter of Pygmalion and Galatea (both of which, See)

Parcae See fates

Pariahs, lowest caste of Hindus

Paris, son of Priam and Hecuba, who eloped with Helen (which. 
See)

Parnassian LAUREl, wreath from Parnassus, crown awarded to successful poets

Parnassus, mountain near Delphi, sacred to Apollo and the Muses

Parsees, Persian fire worshippers (Zoroastrians), of whom there are still thousands in Persia and India

Parthenon, the temple of Athene Parthenos ("the Virgin”) on the
Acropolis of Athens

Passebreul, Tristram’s horse

Patroclus, friend of Achilles, killed by Hector

Pecheur, King, uncle of Perceval

Peers, the

Peg A Sus, winged horse, born from the sea foam and the blood of
Medusa

Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, father of Achilles by Thetis

Pelias, usurping uncle of Jason

Pelion, mountain

Pelleas, knight of Arthur

Penates, protective household deities of the Romans

Pendragon, King of Britain, elder brother of Uther Pendragon, who succeeded him

Penelope, wife of Ulysses, who, waiting twenty years for his return from the Trojan War, put off the suitors for her hand by promising to choose one when her weaving was done, but unravelled at night what she had woven by day

Peneus, river god, river

Penthesilea, queen of Amazons

Pentheus, king of Thebes, having resisted the introduction of the worship of Bacchus into his kingdom, was driven mad by the god

Penus, Roman house pantry, giving name to the Penates

Pepin, father of Charlemagne

Peplus, sacred robe of Minerva

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