Lux Ferre

Phaon (shining) In Greek legend, a boatman of the Mytilene in Lesbos, loved by the poet Sappho. Phaon rejected Sappho’s love, and as a result she killed herself by leaping off a

Phaethon (shining) In Greek mythology, son of Apollo or Helios, both sun gods, and the nymph Clymene. Phaethon was laughed at by his companions when he said he was the son of

Phaedra (bright one) In Greek mythology, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; sister of Acacallis, Androgeus, Ariadne, Catreus, Deucalion, Euryale, Glaucus, Lycastus, and Xenodice; wife of Theseus; mother of Acamas and Demophon; in

Perseus (destroyer) In Greek mythology, hero, son of Zeus and Danaë. When Perseus was a baby, his grandfather Acrisius was warned by an oracle that Perseus would kill him when he grew

Perdix (partridge) In Greek mythology, culture hero, Athenian inventor of the saw, compass, and potter’s wheel; son of Perdix, the sister of Daedalus. He was murdered by Daedalus and transformed into a

Pentheus (grief) In Greek mythology, king of Thebes, son of Echion and Agave. Pentheus refused to worship Dionysus and was killed when the god inspired a frenzy in his worshippers, the Bacchae.

Penthesilea (forcing men to mourn) In Greek mythology, an Amazon, daughter of Ares and Otrera, who fought for the Trojans during the Trojan War after Achilles had killed Hector. Penthesilea was killed

Penelope (with a web over her face, striped duck) In Greek mythology, the faithful wife of Odysseus, daughter of Icarius and Periboea or Asterodia. Penelope was mother of Telemachus. When Odysseus sailed

Pelops (muddy face) In Greek mythology, a hero, son of Tantalus and Atlas’s daughter, Dione; brother of Niobe; father of Atreus and Thyestes. When he was a child, his father killed him,

Peleus (muddy) In Greek mythology, king of the Myrmidons and an Argonaut; son of Aeacus, king of Aegina and Endeis; husband of the sea nymph Thetis; father of Achilles. In Catullus’s poem