PHOENICIANS - People from eastern Mediterranean who settle in Carthage.

POLYDORUS - Son of Priam, who was murdered in Thrace. His ghost speaks to Aeneas in Book III.

POLYPHEMUS - One of the Cyclopes who was blinded by Ulysses and who tries to attack the Trojans.

PROMETHEUS - A Titan who gave fire to man.

PROSERPINA - Queen of the underworld.

PROTEUS - Sea god who helped Neptune.

PYGMALION - King of Tyre and Dido's brother who murdered her husband, Sychaeus, for his money.

PYRRHUS - A son of Achilles who brutally kills King Priam and his son.

QUIRINUS - Ancient Roman deity.

REMUS - Twin brother of Romulus.

ROMULUS - Founder and first king of Rome. Son of Mars and descendant of Aeneas.

RUTULIANS - Tribe in Latium led by Turnus.

SATURN - Old Italian god.

SCYLLA - A monster who devoured sailors in the strait between Italy and Sicily.

SIBYL - Prophetess inspired by Apollo. She leads Aeneas to the underworld. Also called Deiphobe.

SIDON - City of Phoenicia.

SINON - Greek spy who convinced the Trojans to bring the Trojan Horse inside the walls of Troy.

SIRENS - Creatures who lure sailors to their deaths.

STROPHADES - Islands off west coast of Greece where Trojans are attacked by Harpies.

STYX - One of the rivers of the underworld.

SYCHAEUS - Husband of Dido, who was murdered by Dido's brother.

TARCHON - Etruscan king and ally of Aeneas.

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