Siren The word Siren has come to describe two different kinds of supernatural beings. In classical Greek mythology, the Sirens are bird-women whose irresistible voices lure listeners towards death. They belong
Antaura is a Greek Demon of migraine headaches. Antaura is a female Demon, who rises up out of the sea, moves like the wind, shouts like a deer, and cries like an ox. She enters into people’s heads to cause
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
Pegasus (of the springs) In Greek mythology, a winged horse who sprang from the blood of the slain Gorgon Medusa when her head was cut off by the hero Perseus. Bellerophon, another
Pausanias was a second-century CE Greek travel writer best known for his monumental work, Description of Greece. This extensive survey of the Greek world combines topography, local legends, myths, religious rituals, cult
Patroclus (Patrocles) (glory of the father) In Greek mythology, friend and cousin of Achilles; son of Menoetius and Periopis or Sthenele. Patroclus was killed by the Trojan hero Hector, who in turn
Pasiphaë (she who shines for all) In Greek mythology, daughter of the Titan sun god Helios and Perseis (Perse); sister of Aeetes, Circe, and Perses; married to King Minos of Crete; mother
Parthenos (virgin, unwed) In Greek cult, title frequently applied to Athena as virgin goddess but also used for other female deities. The Parthenon, on the highest part of the Acropolis in Athens,
Parthenope (maiden face) In Greek mythology, one of the Sirens, daughter of Achelous and Calliope; sister of Ligeia and Leucosia. She drowned herself after she failed to lure Odysseus to his death.
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