Lyceum. Gymnasium at Athens where the learned met [Ov.Met.2.710].

Lycia. Region on the southern coast of Asia Minor east of Caria [Apd.2.2.1, 2.3.2, 3.1.2; Arg.1.309, 2.674; Cal.Del.304; Hom.Il.2.876, 4.197, 4.206, 5.105, 5.173, 5.479, 5.482, 5.633, 5.645, 5.647, 5.673, 5.676, 5.678, 6.78, 6.172, 6.188, 6.194, 6.210, 7.13, 8.173, 10.430, 11.285, 11.286, 12.312, 12.315, 12.330, 12.346, 12.359, 12.376, 12.408, 12.417, 13.150, 14.426, 15.424, 15.485, 16.422, 16.437, 16.455, 16.490, 16.495, 16.512, 16.525, 16.532, 16.541, 16.564, 16.584, 16.593, 16.659, 16.673, 16.683, 16.685, 17.140, 17.146, 17.154, 17.172, 17.184; Hyg.Fab.151; Nonn.22.147; Ov.Met.4.296, 6.317, 6.340, 6.382, 9.645, 12.116].

Lycoa. City in Arcadia [Pau.8.3.4].

Lycoreia. City on Parnassos above Delphi [Arg.4.1490; Cal.Ap.19].

Lycormas. River in Aetolia [Hyg.Fab.242; Ov.Met.2.245].

Lyctos. City in Crete [Cal.Ap.33; Hes.The.477; Hom.Il.2.647, 17.611; Nonn.13.232].

Lycus. A tributary of the river Phasis in Colchis [Arg.4.132].

Lydia. Region in western Asia Minor between Caria and Mysia [Apd.2.6.3; Hyg.Fab.88, 191; Nonn.10.139, 13.42, 13.464, 13.511, 14.11, 14.217, 17.106, 17.318, 22.146, 25.327, 27.219, 29.280, 33.256, 34.213, 35.99, 37.136, 40.188, 43.172, 43.366, 43.412, 43.441, 44.134, 45.18, 45.80, 46.123, 46.174; Ov.Met.6.11, 6.146, 11.98].

Lyrcea. A city between Argos and Orneae [Pau.2.25.5].

Lyrceum. Mountain between Argolis and Arcadia [Ov.Met.1.598].

Lyrnessus. City east of Mount Ida in Asia Minor [Apd.Ep.3.33; Hom.Il.2.690, 2.691, 19.60, 20.92; Ov.Met.12.108, 13.176].

Macaria. City in Arcadia founded by Macareus ₁, son of Lycaon ₂ [Pau.8.3.3].

Macedonia. Region north of Thessaly [Cal.Del.167; Hyg.Fab.219; Nonn.2.400; Ov.Met.12.466].

Macrians. People living in Thrace about the Propontis [Arg.1.1024].

Macris. Abantian Macris, in Euboea [Cal.Del.20].

Macris Isle. Corcyra (see also Phaeacians) [Arg.4.1175].

Macrones. People living in northern Asia Minor, neighbours of the Philyres [Arg.2.394, 2.1242].

Maenalus (Maenala). Mountain in Arcadia [Arg.1.168, 1.770; Cal.Ar.89, 224; Ov.Met.1.215, 5.608].

Maeonia. Region in Lydia about Mount Tmolos in Asia Minor [Apd.Ep.3.35; Cal.Del.250; Hom.Il.2.866, 3.401, 4.141, 10.431, 18.291; Nonn.10.307, 13.397, 14.204, 14.250, 24.51, 25.376, 25.451, 25.455, 34.212, 35.128, 40.153, 43.444; Ov.Met.2.252, 3.583, 4.423, 6.5, 6.149].

Magnesia. Coastal area of eastern Thessaly south of Mount Ossa [Apd.Ep.3.14, 6.15a; Arg.1.238, 1.584; Hyg.Fab.14, 97, 173a; Nonn.10.321; Ov.Met.11.408].

Malea. Mountain or cape in the southeastern promontory of Peloponnesus [Apd.2.5.4; Hom.Od.3.287, 4.514, 9.80, 19.187].

Mantinea (Mantineia). City in Arcadia founded by Mantineus ₂, son of Lycaon ₂ [Apd.Ep.7.39; Hom.Il.2.607; Nonn.13.290; Pau.8.3.4].

Marathon. City in eastern Attica [Apd.2.5.8, 2.8.2, 3.15.7; Apd.Ep.1.5; Hom.Od.7.80; Hyg.Fab.38; Nonn.12.152, 13.153, 13.184, 27.300, 37.146, 37.322, 38.74, 39.113, 39.213, 47.18, 47.340, 47.374, 47.382, 47.387, 47.408, 48.960; Ov.Met.7.434].

Mariandynians (Mariandyni). People inhabiting an area of the southern coast of the Black Sea [Apd.1.9.23; Arg.2.140, 2.352, 2.722, 2.748, 2.753; Hyg.Fab.14].

Marmarides. People from Marmarica in Egypt [Ov.Met.5.125].

Marruvians. A tribe of Latium, Italy [Vir.Aen.7.752].

Marsyas. River in Phrygia, which empties into the Meander [Ov.Met.6.400].

Mases. Place in Argolis [Hom.Il.2.562; Strab.8.6.17].

Massagetic Gulf. The Caspian Sea [Nonn.40.287].

Maurusians (Moors). People living in the western part of the Libyan desert [Nonn.13.344; Vir.Aen.4.206].

Meander. River in Caria, southern Asia Minor [Hom.Il.2.869; Nonn.13.515, 13.565, 25.406; Ov.Met.2.246, 8.162].

Medeon. A citadel in Boeotia [Hom.Il.2.501; Nonn.13.66].

Media. Region in Asia [Apd.1.9.28; Hyg.Fab.27; Nonn.21.248, 23.81, 27.300].

Megalopolis. City in Arcadia [Pau.8.44.1].

Megara. City on the Isthmus of Corinth [Apd.3.15.5, 3.15.8; Apd.Ep.1.2; Arg.2.747; Hyg.Fab.198; Nonn.25.155.].

Melaeneae. City in Arcadia [Pau.8.3.3, 8.26.8].

Melampods. People living in Egypt before the country received its present name [Apd.2.1.4-5].

Melas. River in Thrace [Ov.Met.2.247].

Melian. A race of men to whom Zeus denied fire [Hes.The.563].

Melians. People living in Trachis (southern Thessaly) [Apd.2.7.7].

Meliboea. City in Thessaly [Arg.1.592; Hom.Il.2.717; Hyg.Fab.97].

Melite (I). Island in the Adriatic Sea [Arg.4.572].

Melite (II). Island in the Mediterranean (today Malta) [Ov.Fast.3.567].

Melite (III). City in Phthia [Lib.Met.13].

Meliteian mount. Mountain in Corcyra [Arg.4.1150].

Melos. One of the Cyclades Islands [Apd.Ep.6.15b].

Memphis. City in Egypt [Apd.2.1.4; Hyg.Fab.149; Nonn.3.299, 4.266].

Mendes. City in Egypt [Ov.Met.5.144].

Mentores (Mentorians). People of Illyria [Arg.4.551].

Meroe. Bakarawia [Nonn.17.396].

Messapia. Calabria (the 'heel' of Italy) [Ov.Met.14.513].

Messe. Perhaps apocopated form of Messene (see also Messenia) [Hom.Il.2.582].

Messeis. Spring in Thessaly [Hom.Il.6.457].

Messenia. Region in southwestern Peloponnesus [Apd.1.7.9, 1.8.2, 1.9.9, 1.9.12, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.8.6, 3.11.2; Hom.Od.21.18; Hyg.Fab.14, 80, 137, 173a; Ov.Met.2.679, 6.417, 14.17; Pau.4.4.1].

Metallon. River in Lydia [Nonn.13.472].

Methone. Place in Thessaly [Hom.Il.2.716].

Methydrium. City in Arcadia founded by Orchomenus ₂, son of Lycaon ₂ [Pau.8.3.3].

Methymna. City in Lesbos [Hyg.Fab.194; Ov.Met.11.55].

Metope. River in Arcadia [Cal.Ze.26].

Midea. City in Argolis, northeast of Argos [Apd.2.4.5, 2.4.6].

Mideia. City in Boeotia [Hom.Il.2.507; Nonn.13.60].

Miletus. Name of two cities, one in Crete and the other in Caria (Asia Minor) [Apd.3.1.2; Arg.1.186; Cal.Ar.226; Hom.Il.2.647, 2.8.868; Hyg.Fab.14; Nonn.13.233].

Mimas. Mountain in Ionia (Asia Minor) opposite Chios [Apd.Ep.6.15b; Cal.Del.67, 157; Cal.Dem.91; Hom.Od.3.172; Ov.Met.2.222].

Minyans (Minyae). People of northern Boeotia (Orchomenus). The ARGONAUTS were often referred to as Minyans [Apd.2.4.11, 2.4.12; Arg.1.709, 1.763, 1.1055, 2.97, 3.578, 4.117, 4.338, 4.506, 4.595, 4.1074, 4.1220, 4.1364, 4.1500, 11.284; Hyg.Fab.14; Ov.Met.6.720, 7.1, 7.8, 7.115, 7.120].

Minyeius. River that empties near Arene in Messenia [Hom.Il.11.722].

Molossia. The country of the Molossians in Epirus, called after Molossus, Neoptolemus' son [Apd.2.7.3; Apd.Ep.6.12, 6.13; Hyg.Fab.225; Ov.Met.1.226].

Moors. See Maurusians.

Mopsopian. Athenian (after a king Mopsopus) [Ov.Met.5.660].

Mossynoeci. People living east of the Tibareni in the northeastern part of Asia Minor [Arg.2.379, 2.1016, 2.1117].

Mothone. Harbour in Messenia (Messenian Pedasus renamed) [Pau.4.3.10, 4.35.1].

Mount of Bears. In Arctonessos Island, in the Propontis [Arg.1.1150].

Munychia. Harbour of Athens [Cal.Ar.259; Ov.Met.2.709].

Mycalessos (Mycale). Promontory in Ionia (Asia Minor) on the mainland opposite Samos [Cal.Del.50; Hom.Il.2.498, 2.869; Nonn.13.563; Ov.Met.2.223].

Mycenae. City in Argolis north of Argos [Apd.2.1.3, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.5.1, 2.5.3, 2.5.9; Apd.Ep.2.11, 2.16, 3.6, 3.12, 6.23, 6.25, 6.28, 6.29; Arg.1.128; Hom.Il.2.569, 4.52, 4.376, 9.44, 11.46, 15.638; Hom.Od.3.305, 21.108; Hyg.Fab.30, 88, 97, 119, 121, 122; Nonn.25.106, 31.259, 41.267, 41.268, 47.556, 47.647, 47.668; Ov.Met.6.414, 12.34].

Myconos. A small island to the east of Delos [Apd.Ep.6.6; Ov.Met.7.463].

Mygdonia. People from Thrace, who emigrated to Phrygia. Therefore Mygdonia = Lydia [Hyg.Fab.191; Nonn.1.153, 13.505, 13.568, 14.14, 15.59, 16.100, 24.35, 25.331, 25.456, 27.232, 28.34, 37.654, 38.11, 40.223, 40.263, 43.23, 43.320, 43.347, 43.414, 45.61, 46.175, 47.25; Ov.Met.6.45].

Myrina. City in Lemnos [Arg.1.604, 1.634; Nonn.3.133].

Myrmex. Place in Samothrace [Nonn.13.397].

Myrmidons. People of Phthia, led by Achilles during the Trojan War [Apd.Ep.3.14, 3.31, 4.6; Arg.4.1772; Hom.Il.1.180, 1.328, 2.684, 7.126, 9.652, 11.797, 16.12, 16.15, 16.39, 16.65, 16.155, 16.164, 16.194, 16.200, 16.220, 16.240, 16.266, 16.269, 16.506, 16.546, 16.564, 16.570, 16.596, 18.10, 18.69, 18.323, 18.355, 19.14, 19.278, 19.299, 21.188, 23.4, 23.6, 23.60, 23.129, 24.397, 24.449, 24.536; Hom.Od.3.188, 4.9, 11.495; Hyg.Fab.52; Nonn.13.206, 37.611].

Myrsinus. City in Elis [Hom.Il.2.616].

Myrtoan Sea. Between the Peloponnesus and the Cyclades [Apd.Ep.2.8].

Myrtussa. Myrtle, hill in Cyrene [Arg.2.505; Cal.Ap.91].

Mysia (Moesia). Northwestern part of Asia Minor [Apd.1.9.18, 1.9.19, 1.9.20, 2.5.9, 3.9.1; Apd.Ep.3.17, 3.18, 3.20, 3.35, 5.12; Arg.1.1115, 1.1164, 1.1180, 1.1298, 1.1322, 1.1345.1.1349, 2.766, 2.781, 2.786, 4.1472; Hom.Il.2.858, 10.430, 13.5, 14.512, 24.278; Hyg.Fab.14, 71].

Myus. City in Caria, Asia Minor [Pau.7.2.10].

Nabataea. Country in Arabia [Ov.Met.5.163].

Narex. One of the mouths of the river Ister [Arg.4.311].

Narycea (Narycus, Naryx). City in Opuntian Locris, home of Ajax ₂ [Hyg.Fab.14; Ov.Met.8.312, 14.468; Strab.9.4.2].

Nasamonia. Land south-west of Cyrenaica [Ov.Met.5.129].

Naupactus. Harbour in Ozolian Locris [Apd.2.8.3].

Navaethus. River in Italy [Apd.Ep.6.15c].

Naxos. One of the Cyclades islands [Apd.1.7.4, 3.5.3; Apd.Ep.1.9; Hyg.Fab.192; Nonn.42.462, 47.266, 47.280, 47.304, 47.312, 47.351, 47.354, 47.375, 47.376, 47.406, 47.442, 47.459, 47.469, 47.474, 48.559; Ov.Met.3.636, 3.649].

Neda. River in Messenia [Pau.4.33.1].

Neistan (Neistae) Gate. One of the seven gates at Thebes [Aes.Sev.458].

Nemea. City in northern Argolis [Apd.1.9.14, 2.4.11, 2.5.1, 3.6.4; Hes.The.327, 329, 331; Hyg.Fab.30, 74, 85, 273; Nonn.25.213; Ov.Met.9.235].

Nepeian plain. In Adrastia [Arg.1.1116].

Nericus. A citadel on the mainland in front of the island of Cephallenia [Hom.Od.24.377].

Neritum. Mountain in Ithaca [Hom.Il.2.632; Hom.Od.9.22, 13.351; Ov.Met.13.712, 14.159ff.].

Nesos. City in Arcadia [DH.1.49.2].

Nestaeans. People of Illyria [Arg.4.1215].

Nestian land. Thrace [Arg.4.337].

Nile. River in Egypt [Apd.2.1.3, 2.1.4; Cal.Del.185, 208; Nonn.1.142, 2.167, 3.367, 6.340, 22.3, 26.235, 26.238, 26.245, 31.37, 32.69, 40.393; Ov.Met.1.423, 1.728, 2.254, 5.187, 5.324].

Nisa. Former name of Megara [Arg.2.747, 2.847; Hom.Il.2.508; Nonn.13.79].

Nisyrus. One of the Sporades (now Dodecanese) Islands [Hom.Il.2.676; Hyg.Fab.97].

Nomian Mountains. In Arcadia [Pau.8.38.9].

Nonacris (I). Mountain in Arcadia [Ov.Met.1.690].

Nonacris (II). City in Arcadia [Pau.8.17.6].

Noricum. Country between the Danube and the Alps [Ov.Met.14.712].

Notium. Ionian city in Asia Minor [Apd.Ep.6.4].

Numicius. River in Latium [Ov.Met.14.328, 14.599].

Nymphaea. Island in the Adriatic Sea [Arg.4.574].

Nysa. Mountain and country of uncertain African or Asian location [Apd.1.6.3, 3.4.3; Arg.2.1214, 4.431, 4.1134; Nonn.20.147, 21.101, 21.109, 40.297, 48.33; Ov.Met.3.314].

Oanos. Mountain in Lydia [Nonn.13.471].

Ocaleae (Ocalea). A place in Boeotia near Lake Copais [Apd.2.4.11; Hom.Il.2.501; Nonn.13.58; Strab.9.2.27].

Ocean. Stream of water surrounding the world [Hom.Il.5.6, 8.485, 14.246, 16.151, 18.240, 18.402, 18.489, 18.607, 19.1, 23.205; Hom.Od.5.275, 10.511, 11.13, 11.21, 11.639, 12.1, 19.434, 20.65, 22.197, 23.244, 23.347, 24.11; Nonn.1.496, 2.247, 2.277, 4.116, 5.487, 6.225, 6.255, 7.241, 8.158, 8.171, 11.22, 12.11, 12.116, 14.337, 19.342, 23.243, 25.137, 25.218, 26.189, 32.8, 41.101, 42.481, 43.186; Ov.Met.7.267].

Odomanti (Odomantes). People living in northeastern Macedonia [Parth.6.1].

Odrysians. People living in Thrace [Ov.Met.6.490, 13.554].

Oechalia. City of doubtful location. Perhaps in Euboea, Thessaly or Messenia (see Carnasium) [Apd.2.6.1, 2.7.7; Arg.1.87; Hom.Il.2.596, 2.730; Hom.Od.8.224; Hyg.Fab.14, 29, 35, 173a; Ov.Met.9.136, 9.331].

Oenoe. One of the Cyclades Islands [Apd.2.5.3; Arg.1.626].

Oenoe. A place in Attica [Nonn.13.182].

Oenone. Former name of the island Aegina [Apd.3.12.6].

Oenopia. Former name of Aegina [Ov.Met.7.473, 7.490].

Oenotria. Territory in Italy from the strait of Sicily to the Gulfs of Tarentum and Poseidonia (Salerno). Formerly the name of Italy [DH.1.12.1; Pau.8.3.5; Strab.5.1.1].

Oeta. Mountain in Trachinian territory, between Thessaly and Aetolia [Apd.2.7.7; Hyg.Fab.36; Ov.Met.1.313, 2.217, 9.165, 9.204, 9.230, 9.249, 11.383].

Oetylus. Coastal city south of Sparta [Hom.Il.2.585].

Ogryle. City in Sardinia [Pau.10.17.5].

Ogygia (I). Island of doubtful location in the western Mediterranean [Apd.Ep.7.23; Hom.Od.1.85, 6.172, 7.244, 7.254, 12.448, 23.333].

Ogygia (II). Boeotia [Arg.3.1178].

Ogygian. One of the seven gates of Thebes [Apd.3.6.6; Stat.Theb.8.356].

Olenus. City of western Achaea on the Gulf of Patrae [Apd.1.8.4, 2.5.5; Arg.1.202; Hom.Il.2.617, 2.639, 11.757; Nonn.1.450].

Oliarus. One of the Cyclades Islands [Ov.Met.7.469].

Olizon. City in Thessaly [Apd.Ep.3.14; Hom.Il.2.717].

Olmeios. River running from Helicon into Lake Copais [Nonn.7.236].

Oloosson. City in Thessaly [Hom.Il.2.739].

Olympia. City west of Pisa in Elis [Apd.2.7.2; Hyg.Fab.273].

Olympus. Mountain in Pieria, a part of northern Thessaly. Home of the OLYMPIANS [Apd.1.3.5, 1.7.4, 2.5.8, 2.7.1; Arg.1.504, 1.598, 1.1099, 2.300, 2.603, 2.1232, 3.113, 3.159, 3.1358, 4.95, 4.770, 4.781; Cal.Del.220; Cal.Dem.58; Hes.The.25, 37, 42, 51, 52, 62, 68, 75, 101, 113, 114, 391, 397, 408, 529].

Olynthos. City in Chalcidice founded by Brangas, and so called in honour of his brother Olynthus, who died killed by a lion [Con.4].

Ombelos. Indian river [Nonn.26.49].

Omphalion. Plain of the navel, near Cydonia in Crete [Cal.Ze.44].

Oncaidian (Oncaean). One of the seven gates of Thebes [Apd.3.6.6; Nonn.5.70].

Onchestus. City in Boeotia [Apd.2.4.11, 3.15.8; Arg.3.1242; Hom.Il.2.506; Nonn.13.58; Ov.Met.10.605].

Oncium. Place in Arcadia [Pau.8.25.4].

Ophis. River in Arcadia [Pau.8.8.4].

Ophiusa. Former name of Cyprus [Ov.Met.10.229].

Opus. City of Opuntian Locris [Apd.2.5.8, 3.13.8; Arg.1.69, 4.1780; Hom.Il.2.531; Hyg.Fab.14].

Oraea. Former name of the land about Troezen [Pau.2.30.5].

Orchomenus (I). Minyan Orchomenus, city in northern Boeotia [Apd.2.4.11; Apd.Ep.3.11; Arg.2.654, 2.1093, 2.1153, 2.1186, 3.265, 3.266, 3.1073, 3.1094, 4.257; Hom.Il.2.510, 9.381; Hom.Od.11.284, 11.459; Nonn.13.95, 24.261, 31.129, 31.205, 34.36, 41.149, 41.225, 42.465, 47.459, 48.281; Ov.Met.6.416].

Orchomenus (II). City in Arcadia, south of Mount Cyllene [Hom.Il.2.605; Hyg.Fab.14; Nonn.13.294; Ov.Met.5.607; Pau.8.3.2, 8.3.3].

Oresteum (Oresthasium). City in Arcadia [Apd.Ep.6.28; Pau.8.44.2].

Oricus (Oricum). City in Epirus [Arg.4.1215].

Ormenius (Ormenium). City near Mount Pelion, in Magnesia [Apd.2.7.7; Apd.Ep.3.14; Hom.Il.2.734; Hyg.Fab.97].

Orneae. City west of Mycenae [Hom.Il.2.571].

Orontes. A river in Syria [Ov.Met.2.248; Nonn.33.213].

Orthe. City in Thessaly [Hom.Il.2.739].

Orthia. District in Elis [Pau.5.16.6].

Ortygia. Delos [Arg.1.419, 1.537, 4.1704; Cal.Ap.59; Hom.Od.5.123, 15.403; Hyg.Fab.53, 140; Nonn.9.214; Ov.Met.5.640].

Ossa. Mountain in northern Magnesia (Thessaly) [Apd.1.7.4; Arg.1.598; Cal.Del.137; Hom.Od.11.315; Hyg.Fab.28; Nonn.6.328; Ov.Met.1.155, 2.225, 7.224].

Ostracina. Mountain in Arcadia [Pau.8.12.2].

Othrys. Mountain in Thessaly [Arg.2.515; Cal.Dem.86; Hes.The.632; Ov.Met.2.221, 7.225, 7.353, 12.173, 12.513].

Pachynus. South-eastern promontory of Sicily [Ov.Met.13.725; Nonn.2.398, 13.322].

Pactolus. River in Maeonia (Lydia), tributary of the Hermus [Arg.4.1230; Cal.Del.250; Hyg.Fab.191; Nonn.10.145, 10.226, 11.21, 11.24, 11.38, 11.312, 12.126, 12.166, 13.472, 22.148, 24.52, 33.258, 34.213, 37.115, 37.129, 43.411, 43.442, 47.27, 47.599; Ov.Met.6.16].

Padus. The river Po, in northern Italy [Ov.Met.2.258].

Paeonia. Region in Macedonia [Apd.Ep.3.34; Hom.Il.2.848, 10.428, 16.287, 16.291, 17.350, 21.155, 21.205, 21.211; Ov.Met.5.303, 5.313; Pau.5.1.4].

Paesus. City in the Troad [Hom.Il.5.612].

Pagasae. Harbour in the Pagasaean Gulf, Thessaly [Arg.1.238, 1.318, 1.411, 1.524, 4.1781; Ov.Met.7.1, 8.349, 12.412, 13.24].

Palatine Hill (Palatium). One of the seven hills of Rome [Ov.Met.14.333, 14.622, 14.822].

Palestine. Also called 'Syria'; now the strip of land between Egypt and Syria where Israel is [Ov.Met.4.46, 5.145].

Pallantium. City on the river Tiber [Pau.8.43.2].

Pallene. The westernmost of the three peninsulas jutting into the Aegean Sea from Chalcidice [Apd.1.6.1; Apd.Ep.6.15b; Arg.1.599; Nonn.43.225, 43.334].

Pamphylian hills. Hills in Cilicia, Asia Minor, neighbouring Mount Taurus [Nonn.2.38].

Panacra. Mountains in Crete [Cal.Ze.49].

Panchaea. Island east of Arabia [Hyg.Fab.274; Ov.Met.10.309, 10.478].

Pangaeus. Mountain in Thrace [Apd.3.5.1; Cal.Del.134].

Panopeus. City in Phocis [Hom.Il.2.520; Nonn.13.128; Ov.Met.3.19].

Paphlagonia. Territory of northern Asia Minor [Apd.Ep.3.35; Arg.2.358, 2.790, 4.245, 4.300; Hom.Il.2.851, 5.577, 13.661].

Paphos. City in Cyprus [Apd.3.14.3; Hom.Od.8.363; Hyg.Fab.242; Nonn.2.88, 2.330, 3.97, 3.121, 13.456, 25.169, 29.342, 29.371, 31.125, 33.137, 35.20, 41.107, 41.329, 42.460, 42.464, 48.718; Ov.Met.10.293, 10.530].

Parion. City on the Hellespont [Hyg.Ast.2.4].

Parnassos. Mountain in Phocis, where Delphi is [Arg.2.705; Cal.Del.93; Hes.The.499; Hom.Od.19.394, 19.411, 19.432, 19.466, 21.220, 24.332; Hyg.Fab.140, 185; Nonn.4.308, 4.319, 9.283, 13.131, 27.254, 27.259, 35.90, 40.83; Ov.Met.1.317, 1.467, 2.221, 4.643, 5.278, 11.165, 11.339].

Paropamisos. See Propanisos.

Paroria. City in Arcadia [Pau.8.35.6].

Paros. One of the Cyclades Islands, well known for its marble [Apd.2.5.9, 3.15.7; Ov.Met.3.419, 7.465, 8.221].

Parrhasia. City in Arcadia [Arg.2.521; Cal.Ar.99; Cal.Ze.10; Hom.Il.2.608; Nonn.1.168, 13.286, 23.151, 32.277; Ov.Met.315].

Parthenia. Old name for Samos [Arg.1.188, 2.872; Cal.Del.49; Hyg.Fab.14].

Parthenius (I). Mountain in Arcadia [Apd.2.7.4, 3.9.1; Dio.4.33.11; Hyg.Fab.70, 99; Ov.Met.9.188].

Parthenius (II). River in northern Asia Minor emptying into the Black Sea [Arg.2.936, 3.876; Hom.Il.2.854; Hyg.Fab.181].

Parthians. Asiatic people living south of Colchis [Val.6.690ff.].

Patalene. The region of the Indus delta [Nonn.26.89, 27.156].

Patara. City in Lydia [Ov.Met.1.516].

Patrae. City in Achaea, founded by Patreus, son of Preugenes, son of Agenor ₉, son of Areus, son of Ampyx ₃, son of Pelias ₂, son of Aeginetes ₁, son of Dereites, son of Harpalus ₁, son of Amyclas ₁, son of Lacedaemon, son of Zeus and Taygete (one of the PLEIADES) [Ov.Met.6.417].

Pedasus (I). City by the river Satnioeis in the Troad [Hom.Il.6.35, 20.92, 21.87].

Pedasus (II). City on the outermost border of Pylos [Hom.Il.9.152, 9.294].

Pegae. Fountain in the Cianian country (southern coast of the Propontis) [Arg.1.1222, 1.1243].

Pelasgians (Pelasgi). Aboriginal people, inhabitants of Greece. Also referring to Pelasgiotis or Pelasgia [Apd.1.9.18, 2.1.1, 2.4.4; Apd.Ep.6.15, 6.15b; Arg.1.14, 1.580, 1.906, 1.1024, 2.1239, 3.1323, 4.243; Cal.BP.51; Cal.Del.284; Cal.Dem.25; Hom.Il.2.681, 2.840, 10.429; Hom.Od.19.177; Hyg.Fab.16; Nonn.29.34, 47.479, 47.534, 47.568, 47.720; Ov.Met.7.133, 12.7, 12.19, 12.612, 13.13, 13.128, 13.268, 13.572, 14.562].

Pelasgiotis (Pelasgia). Peloponnesus [Apd.Ep.2.9; Arg.4.265].

Pelethronia. Region in Thessaly inhabited by the CENTAURS and the LAPITHS [Ov.Met.12.452].

Pelion. Mountain in Thessaly [Apd.1.7.4, 2.5.4, 3.13.3, 3.13.5; Arg.1.520, 1.550, 1.581, 2.1188; Cal.Del.104; Hom.Il.2.757, 16.144, 19.391; Hom.Od.11.316; Hyg.Fab.28; Nonn.6.329, 44.2, 48.39; Ov.Met.1.155, 7.224, 7.352, 12.74, 12.513, 13.109].

Pella. City in Macedonia [Ov.Met.5.302, 12.254].

Pellene. City in eastern Achaea [Hom.Il.2.574; Hyg.Fab.14; Nonn.37.149].

Peloponnesus. Peninsula of south Greece, connected with the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth. It is so called after Pelops ₁ [Apd.1.7.2, 1.8.6, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.8.2, 3.5.5, 3.15.5; Apd.Ep.2.9; Hyg.Fab.14, 274; Ov.Met.6.414].

Pelorus. Promontory on the north-east coast of Sicily [Nonn.2.395, 6.124, 13.319, 45.173; Ov.Met.13.727].

Peneus. Thessalian river flowing from the foot of Pindus [Apd.2.5.5; Arg.2.500; Cal.Del.105, 112, 121, 128, 148; Hom.Il.2.753, 2.757; Hyg.Fab.203; Ov.Met.1.568, 2.242, 7.230].

Peparethos. Island north of Euboea [Ov.Met.7.470].

Peraebi. People living near Dodona [Hom.Il.2.749].

Peraethenses. City in Arcadia founded by Peraethus, son of Lycaon ₂ [Pau.8.3.4].

Percote. City in the Troad opposite the Thracian Chersonesus [Arg.1.932; Hom.Il.2.835, 6.30, 11.229, 11.329, 15.548].

Pergamum. The citadel of Troy [Apd.2.5.9; Hom.Il.4.508, 5.446, 5.460, 6.512, 7.21, 24.700].

Perge. City in Pamphylia, southern Asia Minor [Cal.Ar.187].

Pergus. Fountain near Henna in Sicily [Ov.Met.5.386].

Perioeci. People living in Lacedaemon [Pau.3.25.6].

Periphlegethon. River in the Underworld [Hom.Od.10.513].

Perrhaebia. Territory in Thessaly [Hyg.Fab.97, 173a].

Persia. Country in Asia [Apd.2.4.5; Nonn.18.215, 21.251, 23.82, 23.279; Ov.Met.1.62].

Pessinus. City in central Asia Minor [Pau.7.17.11; Strab.12.15.3].

Peteon. A place in Boeotia [Hom.Il.2.500; Nonn.13.58].

Peuce. Island in the river Ister [Arg.4.309].

Peucetius. Region in Apulia, southern Italy [Ov.Met.14.513].

Phaeacians. The island of the Phaeacians, which is in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Epirus, was originally called Drepane (Sickle-island), but later was called called Scheria, and Corcyra [Apd.1.9.25; Apd.Ep.7.24, 7.25; Arg.4.539, 4.549, 4.822, 4.991, 4.992, 4.1139, 4.1181, 4.1211, 4.1222, 4.1722; Hom.Od.5.35, 5.280, 5.288, 5.345, 5.386, 6.3, 6.35, 6.114, 6.195, 6.197, 6.202, 6.241, 6.270, 6.298, 6.302, 6.327, 7.passim, 8.passim].

Phaestus. City in Crete [Hom.Il.2.648; Nonn.13.223; Ov.Met.9.669].

Phaleron. Harbour in Attica [Nonn.13.198].

Pharis (Pharae). Place in Messenia [Hom.Il.2.582; Pau.4.30.2].

Pharos. Island off the coast of Egypt [Hom.Od.4.355; Nonn.1.13, 43.77].

Phasis. River in Colchis (the Rion) [Apd.1.9.23; Arg.2.401, 2.1261, 2.1278, 3.57, 3.1220, 4.134; Nonn.40.286; Ov.Met.2.249, 7.6, 7.298].

Phegia. City in Arcadia. Erymanthus renamed. Afterwards called Psophis [Pau.8.24.1].

Pheia. City in Elis [Hom.Il.7.135].

Pheneus. City in Arcadia, west of Mount Cyllene [Hom.Il.2.605; Nonn.13.293; Pau.8.14.9].

Pherae (I). City in Thessaly [Apd.1.8.2, 1.9.14, 1.9.15, 2.6.2, 3.10.4; Arg.1.49; Cal.Ar.259; Hom.Il.2.711, 5.543].

Pherae (II). City in southeastern Messenia [Hom.Il.9.151, 9.293; Hom.Od.3.488, 4.798, 15.186].

Phicium. Mountain southeast of Lake Copais in Boeotia [Apd.3.5.8].