Mythological Dictionary on Letter #P

Paean

Paean was an epithet of the god Apollo, invoked in a cry for victory in battle or for deliverance fr...

Palladium

As a child Athena had a special girl friend named Pallas, with whom she used to play at war. During ...

Pandora s box

Pandora was the first woman, given to men as punishment for Prometheus' theft of fire. Sent with her...

Panic

Panic describes a state of great fear and anxiety with an attendent desire for flight, which was con...

Pha?»ton

Helius, the sun-god, assured Phaethon that he was truly his father and swore an oath that his son co...

Priapism

Priapism or priapic. Priapus was the ithyphallic son of Aphrodite. He is most often depicted with a...

Procrustean

Procrustean or procrustean bed. Procrustes (the "one who stretches") was encountered by Theseus. He...

Prometheus

Prometheus or promethean. The god Prometheus ("forethought"), son of the titan Iapetus, was the cre...

Protean

Proteus was a sea god who could change shape and who possessed knowledge of the future. To obtain in...

Psyche

Psyche or psychology, etc. The Greek word for the soul was psyche. The myth of Cupid and Psyche can...

Python

Apollo established the major sanctuary for his worship and his oracle at Delphi, but to do so he had...