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[German version] (Πενία/ Penía, Πενίη/ Peníē). Greek 'Poverty', or 'Neediness', personified, appearing most frequently in allegory as man's teacher, with Ponos ('Toil'), Karteria ('Strength'), Sophia ('Wisdom') and Andreia ('Courage') as her attendants. She gives rise to the arts and teaches hard work (Aristoph. Plut. especially 507ff.; Lucian, Timon 31f.; Theoc. 21,1). P. is sometimes called a goddess (Alci. 3,40,2; Hdt. 8,111); the Athenians' demands for money in Hdt. 8,111 with its allusion to the deities Peithṓ ('Persuasion') and Anankaíē ('Compulsion'), rejected by t…

(Πειρήν; Peirḗn). [German version] [1] Son of Argus and Euadne Son of Argos [I 1] and Euadne (Apollod. 2,3), father of Io (Apollod. 2,5; Hes.Cat. 124) or of Callithyia (= Callithoe [2]), whom P. employed as priestess in the sanctuary of the Argive Hera that he founded (Plut. FGrH 388 F 2). Other forms of the name: Peiras (Apollod. 2,3), Peirasus (Paus. 2,17,5), Peiranthus (Hyg. Fab. 145). Eiben, Susanne (Kiel) [German version] [2] Son of Glaucus Son of Glaucus [2], brother of Bellerophontes, who accidentally killed P. and had to flee from Argos (Apollod. 2,30). Eiben, Susanne (Kiel)

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[German version] (Τουτόλα) or Tutula (Τουτούλα), also Philotis (Φιλῶτις, Φιλωτίς); Latin Tutela. Legendary maidservant at the time of the Latin wars, by whose plan the Romans appear to accede to the Latini's demands for Roman women but send T. and slave-girls into the Latin camp, dressed as married Roman women; after successful deception T. gives the Romans a sign to attack the distracted enemy (Plut. Romulus 29,7; Plut. Camillus 33,4 f.; Polyaenus, Strat. 8,30; Macrob. Sat.  1,11,38). The Caprati…

[German version] (Πυργώ; Pyrgṓ). Aged nurse in Priamus' household. According to Virgil's version P. recognises that Iris, who has been sent at the instigation of Juno and who, in the form of Beroë, calls upon the Trojan women to burn their ships during their stay on Sicily, is a goddess and so gets the initially hesitant Trojan women to obey the request (Verg. Aen. 5,644-663). Eiben, Susanne (Kiel)

[German version] (Πυλαιμένης; Pylaiménēs). Son of Bisaltes (Apollod. Epit. 3,35) or of Melius (Dictys 2,35), leader of the Eneti of Paphlygonia, allies of the Trojans (Hom. Il. 2,851; Str. 12,3,8; Apollod. Epit. 3,35), killed in Troy by Menelaus [1] (Hom. Il. 5,576-589), Patroclus [1] (Nep. Datames 2,2) or Achilles [1] (Dictys …

(Τρωίλος/ Trōílos, Lat. Troilus). [German version] [1] Son of Priamus Son of Priamus (or Apollo) and Hecabe (Hom. Il. 24,257; Apollod. 3,151). The sparse early textual records yield only that T. - referred to by the epithet hippochármēs ('horse fighter' or 'chariot fighter', Hom. Il. 24,257, on this [1. 292]) - was killed by Achilles [1], an event which according to Proclus (45 Kullmann, [1. 291-293]) had been presented earlier in the …

[German version] (Ῥόδη; Rhódē). Presumably identical with Rhódos (Ῥόδος; cf. the form of the name in Pind. Ol. 7,71b and schol. Pind. Ol. 7,71b), the eponym of the island of Rhodes (Diod. Sic. 5,56,3; schol. Pind. Ol. 7,24g), daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite (Apollod. 1,28) or Aphrodite (Pind. O. 7,14; schol. Pind. Ol…

(Σθένελος/ Sthénelos). [German version] [1] Son of Actor Son of Actor, takes part in Heracles' [1] campaign against the Amazons, during which he is killed on the Paphlagonian coast. There S. appears in full armour to the passing Argonauts, who, prompted by Mopsus, sacrifice to him (Apoll. Rhod. 2,911-927 with schol.; Promathidas FGrH 430 F 4-5; Val. Fl. 5,87-100). Eiben, Susanne (Kiel) [German version] [2] …

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[German version] (Πλημναῖος/ Plēmnaîos). King of Aegialea (= Sicyon), son of Peratus, father of Orthopolis, the only one of P.' children to be kept alive and brought up by  Demeter (Paus. 2,5,8); in thanks P. institutes a sanctuary to Demeter ( ibid. 2,11,2). P. is considered to be the 11th king of Sicyon (Eus. Chronicon 1 p. 175f. Schoene). Eiben, Susanne (Kiel)

(Περιήρης/ Periḗrēs, on the form Περίηρς/ Períērs see Alcm. PMG fr. 78). [German version] [1] Son of Aeolus Son of Aeolus [1] (or Cynortes) and of Enarete (Aenarete), husband of Gorgophone [3], father of Aphareus [1], Leucippus, Icarius, Tyndareos and Pisus the founder of Pisa, ruler of Messenia in Andania (Hes. Cat. 10; Stesich. PMG fr. 50; Apollod. 1,51; 1,87; 3,117; Paus. 4,2,2; 4,3,7; 6,22,2). Eiben, Susanne (Kiel) [German version] [2] Chariot driver of Menoeceus Chariot driver of Menoeceus, who, by fatally wounding  king Clymenus [4] of the Minyae with the throw of a stone, triggered a war between Orchomenus [1]…

[German version] (Πενθίλος; Penthílos). Son of Orestes [1] and Erigone [2], father of Damasius and Echelas, or Archelaus (Paus. 2,18,5f.; 3,2,1; 5,4,3; Str 13,1,3). P. and the Penthilides are attributed, along with Orestes, with the Aeolian colonisation, esp. that of Lesbos (Paus. 3,2,1; Str. 9,2,3; 9,2,5; 13,1,3; schol. Lycoph. 1374; Hellanicus FGrH 4 F 32). The violent rulership of the Penthilides in Mytilene is ended by Megacles and Smerdis (Aristot. Pol. 5,10, 1311b), the Lesbian city Penthile supposedly derived its name from P. (Steph. Byz. s.v. Πενθίλη/ Penthílē). Eiben, Susa…