HERODOTUS

INDEXof twelve states in N.E. Greece; their action in regard toEpialtes, vn. 213Pylus (1) in Messenia, vn. 168. (2) In Elis, ix. 34. Pylians,descendants of Nestor of Pylus, Pisistratus of that family,v. G5; Caucones called Pylians,I. 147Pyrene, according to Herodotus a town of the Celts in westernEurope, source of the Danube said to be there, n. 33Pyretus, see Porata.Pyrgus, a town in western Greece founded by the Minyae, IV.148Pythagoras, ( 1 the ) philosopher, son of Mnesarchus, Pythagoreanand Orphic belief, n. 81 ;Zalmoxis his slave, iv. 95. (2) AMilesian, put in charge of Miletus by Aristagoras, v. 126Pytheas, (1) an Aeginetan, son of Ischenoiis, his bravery, andattention paid him by the Persians, vii. 181 ;his return toAegina, vni. 92. (2) An Aeginetan (apparently not the sameas 1), father of Lampon, ix. 78Pythermus, a Phocaean, spokesman at Sparta for Ionian andenvoys,I.Pythes, a man of Abdera, vn. 137Pythian priestess, see Delphi.Aeolian 152Pythians, Spartan officials for communication with Delphi, theirprivileges, vi. 57Pythius, a Lydian, his offer of his wealth to Xerxes, vn. 27-29 ;his request to Xerxes and its consequence, vii. 38, 39Pytho, a synonym for Delphi,Pythogenes, brother of the despot of Zancle, his imprisonmentby Hippocrates, vi. 23i. 54Rhampsinitus, king of Egypt, story of the theft of his treasure.ii. 121Rhegium, in southern Italy, i. 166, vi. 23; its disaster in battle,vii. 170Rhenaea, an island near Delos, vi. 97Rhodes, I. 174; its part in the Greek settlement at Naucratis,n. 178; Rhodian colonists in Sicily, vn. 153Rhodope, a mountain range in Thrace, source of a tributary ofthe Danube, iv. 49; flight thither of a Bisaltian king, vni.116Rhodopis, a Thracian courtesan in Egypt, her offerings at Delphi,n. 134, 135Rhoecus, a Samian, builder of the Heraeum at Samos, in. 60380