The Library of Greek Mythology (Oxford World's Classics) (52 page)

Phineus, son of Belos 60, 67

Phineus, son of Poseidon or Agenor 51–3, 135

Phlegyas, son of Ares 104, 119

Phocos, son of Aiacos 126, 127

Phoebe
{properly
Phoibe), a Titanid 27, 28

Phoebe, daughter of Leucippos 119, 122

Phoenix
{properly
Phoinix), son of Agenor 96, 131

Phoenix, son of Amyntor
129,
153,
156, 160

Pholos, son of Seilenos, a Centaur 75–6

Phorbas, father of Augeias 76

Phorbos, father of Pronoe 39

Phorcides, the (
or
Graiai) 29, 65

Phorcos, son of Pontos 29, 65, 167

Phorcys, son of Aretaon 152

Phoroneus, son of Inachos 39, 58

Phrasimos, father of Praxithea 134

Phrasios, a seer 82

Phrasios, son of Neleus 45

Phrixos, son of Athamas 43, 49, 52

Phrontis, son of Phrixos 43

Phthia, concubine of Amyntor 129

Phthia, daughter of Amphion 105

Phthia, loved by Apollo 39

Phylacos, son Deion 44, 46–7

Phylas, king of Ephyra 89, 92

Phylas, son of Antiochos 93

Phyleus, son of Augeias 76, 87, 121, 148

Phyllis 161–2

Phylomache, daughter of Amphion 46

Phylonoe, daughter of Tyndareus 120

Phylonomos, son of Electryon 68

Pieris, slave of Menelaos 21–2

Pieros, son of Magnes 30

Pittheus, son of Pelops 136, 143, 145

Placia, daughter of Otreus 124

Pleiades, the 117

Pleione, daughter of Oceanos 117

Pleisthenes (son of Pelops) 99

Pleuron, son of Aitolos 39

Piexippos, son of Phineus 134–5

Piexippos, son of Thestios 39

Pluto 28, 30, 33–4, 84, 127;
see also
Hades

Podaleirios, son of Asclepios
121, 148
, 155, 158,
162

Podarces,
later called
Priam 86, 124

Podarces, son of Iphiclos 47

Poias, son of Thaumacos
50
, 56,
91,
121, 148

Poliporthes, son of Odysseus 170

Polites, son of Priam 125

Pollux,
see
Polydeuces

Poltys, welcomes Heracles at Ainos 79

Polyanax, king of the Melians 161

Polybos, king of Corinth 105

Polybotes, a Giant 35

Polycaste, daughter of Nestor 46

Polydectes, son of Magnes 44,
65,
67

Polydeuces, son of Zeus
40, 49
,
51,
120,
122

Polydora, daughter of Peleus 127

Polydora, daughter of Perieres 128

Polydoros, son of Cadmos 101, 103

Polydoros, son of Priam 125

Polygonos, son of Proteus 80

Polyidos, son of Coiranos 99–100

Polymede, daughter of Autolycos 48, 56 (not named)

Polymedon, son of Priam 125

Polymele, son of Peleus 130

Polymnia, a Muse 30

Polyneices, son of Oedipus 106,
107–10, 111,
112, 149

Polypemon,
see
Damastes

Polypheides, king of Sicyon 146

Polyphemos, son of Elatos
50
, 51

Polyphemos, son of Poseidon, a Cyclops 165

Polyphontes, a Heraclid 95

Polyphontes, herald of Laios 106

Polypoites, son of Apollo 39

Polypoites, son of Odysseus 170

Polypoites, son of Peirithoos
121, 149
, 158

Polyxene, daughter of Priam 125

Polyxenos, king of the Eleans 69

Polyxenos, son of Agasthenes
121

Polyxo, mother of Antiope 117

Pontos (Sea) 29

Porphyrion, a Giant 34

Porthaon, son of Agenor 39

Portheus, father of Echion 157

Poseidon,
see
‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6

Praxithea, at Eleusis 33

Praxithea, daughter of Phrasimos 134

Praxithea, wife of Erichthonios 133

Priam, son of Laomedon 86,
124–5,
147, 152,
154,
157, 161

Proeles, son of Aristodemos 93, 94

Procne, daughter of Pandion 133

Procris, daughter of Erechtheus 44, 70,
134

[Procroustes],
see
Damastes

Proitos, son of Abas
62–4,
65, 67, 115

Promachos, son of Aison 56

Promachos, son of Parthenopaios 47, 112

Prometheus, son of Iapetos 29, 31, 36–7, 75, 83,
128

Pronax, son of Talaos 47

Pronoe, daughter of Phorbos 39

Pronoos, son of Phegeus 113

Protesilaos, son of Iphiclos
121, 148
,
151–2,
153, 161

Proteus, king of Egypt
102, 147,
164

Proteus, son of Poseidon 80

Prothoos, son of Agrios 42

Prothoos, son of Tenthredon
149
, 161

Protogeneia, daughter of Calydon 39

Protogeneia, daughter of Deucalion 37

Psamathe, daughter of Nereus 29, 126

Pteleon, lover of Procris 134

Pterelaos, son of Taphios 68–70

Pterelaos, the sons of 68–9

Ptoos, son of Athamas 44

Pygmalion, king of Cyprus 131

Pylaon, son of Neleus 45

Pylos, king of Megara 135–6

Pylia, daughter of Pylas 135

Pylios, at Eleusis 171

Pylos, son of Ares 39

Pyraichmes, leader of the Paeonians 152

Pyrene, mother of Cycnos 82

Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus 37

Pyrrhos, later Neoptolemos 129

Python, serpent at Delphi 31

Rhadamanthys, son of Zeus 71, 72, 96, 97

Rhea, a Titanid 27–8,
102,
125, 162

Rhesos, son of Strymon 30, 153

Rhexenor, father of Chalciope 136

Rhode, daughter of Poseidon 33

Rhoicos, a Centaur 116

Salamis, daughter of Asopos 127

Salmoneus, son of Aiolos 38, 44–5

Sandocos, son of Astynoos 131

Sarapis 58

Sarpedon, son of Poseidon 80

Sarpedon, son of Zeus 96, 97, 153,
154

Satyr, a 58, 60–1

Scaios, son of Hippocoon 120

Scamander 123, 124,
154

Sceiron, son of Pelops 126, 139

Schedios, son of Iphitos
121

Schoineus, son of Athamas 41, 44, 49, 117

Scylla, a monster 55, 167

Scylla, daughter of Nisos 137

Scyrios, father of Aigeus 136

Sea,
see
Pontos

Seasons (Horai), the 29

Seilenos, father of Pholos 75

Selene,
see
Moon

Semele, daughter of Cadmos 101, 102

Side, wife of Orion 32

Sidero, stepmother of Tyro 45

Simoeis, father of Astyoche and Hieromneme 123

Simonides (lyric poet, 6th-5th cent, BC) 141

Sinis, son of Polypemon 138

Sinon 156–7

Sipylos, son of Amphion 104

Sirens (Seirenes), the 30, 40, 55, 167

Sisyphos, son of Aiolos 38,
44,
64,
101,
117,
126

Sky,
see
Ouranos

Smyrna, daughter of Theias 131

Sparta, daughter of Eurotas 118

Spartoi (Sown Men), the 100, 109

Spercheios, son of Menesthios 128

Spermo, daughter of Anios 148

Sphinx, the 106

Staphylos, son of Dionysos
50
, 140

Stemops, son of Melas 42

Sterope, daughter of Acastos 128

Sterope, daughter of Atlas 117

Sterope, daughter of Cepheus 88

Sterope, daughter of Pleuron 39

Sterope, daughter of Porthaon 40

Steropes, a Cyclops 27

Stesichoros (lyric poet, 7th-6th cent.
BE
) 119, 172

Stheneboia, daughter of Apheidas or Iobates 62, 63,
64,
115

Sthenelaos, son of Melas 42

Sthenele, daughter of Acastos 130

Sthenelos, father of Cometes 160

Sthenelos, son of Androgeos 79

Sthenelos, son of Capaneus 112,
121

Sthenelos, son of Perseus 68, 69

Stheno, a Gorgon 66

Stratobates, son of Electryon 68

Stratonice, daughter of Pleuron 39

Strophios, father of Pylades 163

Strymo, daughter of Scamander 124

Stymphalos, son of Elatos 92, 115, 126

Styx, an Oceanid 28, 29

Sun, the (Helios) 29, 33, 34, 43, 50, 55,
57,
76,
80,
83, 97, 166,
168

Sylea, daughter of Corinthos 138

Syleus, killed by Meracles 85

Talaimenes, father of Mesthles and Antiphos 153

Talaos, son of Bias 47, 107, 108

Talos, a man of bronze 56

Talos, nephew of Daidalos 137–8

Talthybios, herald of Agamemnon 148, 150

Tantalos, father of Pelops and Niobe 105, 143

Tantalos, son of Amphion 105

Tantalos, son of Thyestes 146

Taphios, son of Poseidon 68

Tartaros 35, 59; as place 27–8,
119

Tauros, son of Neleus 45

Tebros, son of Hippocoon 120

Tegyrios, king of Thrace 135

Teiresias, son of Everes
70, 109–10, 112,
114,
167,
170, 171

Telamon, son of Aiacos
40, 49
, 86, 121, 126–7

Telchis, kills Apis 58

Teledice, wife of Phoroneus 58

Telegonos, king of the Egyptians 60

Telegonos, son of Odysseus 167, 170

Telegonos, son of Proteus 80

Telemachos, son of Odysseus 147, 169

Teleon, father of Boutes 50

Telephassa, wife of Agenor 96, 100

Telephos, son of Heracles
88,
92,
116

Telesilla (lyric poet, 5th cent, BC) 105

Telestes, son of Priam 125,
149–50, 156

Temenos (son of Aristomachos), a Heraclid 93–4

Tenes, son of Cycnos 150–1

Tenthredon, father of Prothoos 149

Tereis, mother of Megapenthes 122

Tereus, son of Ares 133–4

Terpsichore, a Muse 30

Tethys, a Titanid 27, 28, 58, 126

Teucros, son of Scamander 123

Teucros, son of Telamon
121
, 127, 155

Teutamides, king of Larissa 67

Teuthras, king of Teuthrania 88, 116

Thaleia, a Grace 29

Thaleia, a Muse 30

Thalpios, son of Eurytos
121

Thamyris 30

Thasos, son of Poseidon 96

Thaumacos, father of Poias 50

Thaumas, son of Pontos 29

Theano, wife of Antenor 152

Thebaid (early epic) 42 (fr. 8 Davies)

Thebe, wife of Zetheus 104

Theia, a Titanid 27, 28

Theias, father of Adonis 131

Theiodamas, father of Hylas 51, 88

Thelxiepeia, a Siren 167

Thelxion 58

Themis, a Titanid 27, 29, 31, 82, 128

Themiste, daughter of lios 123

Themisto, daughter of Hypseus 44

Therimachos, son of Heracles 92

Thersandros, son of Polyneices 112,
149

Thersites, son of Agrios 42, 154

Theseus, son of Aigeus or Poseidon
40, 49
, 57,
84,
86, 98,
107, 111, 121, 138–43, 157,
172

Thespios, king of Thespiae 71, 72, 89, 91

Thessalos
or
Thettalos, son of Heracles

92, 148, 161

Thestalos, son of Heracles 92

Thestios, son of Ares 39, 40, 41, 50, 120

Thestios, the sons of 41

Thetis, daughter of Nereus 29,
31, 55, 102, 128–9,
148,
151, 159,
160

Thoas, father of Hypsipyle 50, 108

Thoas, king of the Taurians 163

Thoas, son of Andraimon
148
,
170

Thoas, son of Dionysos 140

Thoas, son of Icarios 120

Thoosa, mother of Polyphemos 164

Thrasymedes, son of Nestor 46

Thyestes, son of Pelops 69, 145–6

Thyone,
later name
o/Semele 103

Thyreus, son of Oineus 40

Timandra, daughter of Tyndareus 120

Tiphys, son of Hagnias
49
, 53

Tisamenos, son of Orestes 93–4, 164

Tisiphone, a Fury 27

Tisiphone, daughter of Alcmaion 114

Titanides, the 27

Titans, the 27–9, 34

Tithonos, son of Cephalos 131

Tithonos, son of Laomedon 82,
124,
154

Tityos, son of Zeus 31–2

Tlepolemos, son of Heracles 89, 92, 93,
148
, 161

Tmolos, husband of Omphale 85

Toxeus, son of Oineus 40

Tragasos, father of Philonome 150

Trienos (Triton?) 167

Triops, son of Poseidon 38

Triptolemos, son of Celeos 33

Triton, father of Pallas 123–4

Triton, son of Poseidon 33

Troilos, son of Priam or Apollo 125, 152

Troizenos, father of Euphemos 152

Tros, son of Erichthonios 123

Tydeus, son of Oineus
42, 107–11, 112,
121, 148

Tyndareus, son of Perieres or Oibalos 44, 88, 119,
120–1, 122, 146,
163, 172

Typhon, son of Tartaros
35–6,
64, 73 80, 81, 106, 139

Tyrannos, son of Pterelaos 68

Tyro, daughter of Salmoneus 45, 46

Ulysses,
see
Odysseus

Xanthippe, daughter of Doros 39

Xanthippos, son of Melas 42

Xanthos, an immortal horse 129

Xenodamas, son of Menelaos 122

Xenodice, daughter of Minos 97

Xenodoce, daughter of Syleus 85

Xouthos, son of Hellen 37, 44,
134

Zelos, son of Pallas 29

Zetes, son of Boreas
49
,
52, 134

Zethos, son of Zeus and Antiope 104, 117

Zeus,
see
‘The Twelve Gods’, pp. 262–6