PINDENISSI'S, j5Z71-dj-/Z1V-SUS, a fortress of Cilicia.
PINDUS, /5222'-dit.S. z. A mountain-chain between Thessaly, Macedonia, and Epirus, sacred to the Muses and Apollo. a. Or Acyphas, one of the four towns of Doris, on the Pindus, a small tributary of the Cephissus.
PlaiEus,p-rd-us. the chief port of Athens, on the west side of a peninsula, at the mouth of the Cephisus, five miles S.W. of Athens, fortified by Themistocles, and connected with Athens by the Long Walls under Pericles. On the east side of the same peninsula were two other harbours, Zeaand Munychia. The old harbour, Phalerum (q. v.), was much less used after the establishment of the Pirteus.
Patusia,./51-7--ra, daughter of CEbalus, or of the Achelous, bore to Neptune Leches and Cenchrius ; and, disconsolate at the latter being killed by Diana, pined away with weeping, and was changed into the fountain Pirene on a rock niar the Acrocorinthus, or citadel of Corinth, which was sacred to the Muses, and of which the horse Pegasus was drinking when seized by Bellerilphon. Ptrernis (-idis) is used for Corinthian.
PiRITHous, ti-rith'-d-us, son of Ixion and the Cloud, cc Deioneus's daughter Dia and Jupiter (transformed into a horse), was king of the Lapithw. He invaded Attica, but, before a battle was fought, allied with the king, Theseus, and became his fast friend ; and their friendship, like that of Orestes and Pylades, became proverbial. At the nuptials of Piritlio
us with Hippodamia, the attempt of Eurytion to carry her off led to the famous contest of the Lapithm (q. v.) and the Centauri (q. v.), in which Theseus, Mopsus, Phalerus, &c., aided Pirithous. After the death of Hippo damia, Pirithous resolved never to marry again, except a goddess, or a daughter of the gods, and Theseus desired a wife of similar rank. Pirithous helped Theseus to carry off Helena (q. v.), and afterwards descended to Hades to carry off Proserpine, Theseus accom panying him ; but her husband, Pluto, seized them, and tied Pirithous to Ixion's wheel. Both remained in Hades till delivered by Hercilles on his visit below ; but, according to some, Pirithous for ever remained in torment, or was torn to pieces by Cerberus.
PISA, .Pr-ia, the chief town of PISATIS, (-His), a district in the middle of Elis, on the Alpheus, founded by Pisus, son of Perieres or of Aphareus. The Ptsdtes main tained a struggle with the Eleans for the cele bration of the Olympic games, which, by the aid of Phidon, of Argos, they succeeded in, B. c., and again under their king, Pantaloon, 644 ; but they were conquered, and Pisa razed, by the Eleans, 572. The Pisates accompanied Nestor to Troy, and Pisa was the scene of the story of King CEnomaus (q. v.).