Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), P, Polieus, Polychromy

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Palatīnus Mons - Pan

Panăca - Pan's Pipe

Pantagias, Pantacyas - Parapresbeia

Parasanga - Parthenopaeus

Parthenŏpé - Pattăla

Pattalēné - Pegmāres

Peiraeĭcus - Penicŭlus

Penius - Perimeridia

Perinthus - Petītor

Petorrĭtum - Phanŏcles

Phanodēmus - Philargyrius Iunius

Phileas - Phlegra

Phliasia - Phrynĭchus

Phrynnis - Pillow

Pitĭnum - Pleïŏné

Plemmyrium - Police

Polieus - Pompēia

Politiānus , Angĕlus

Politĭci Versus

Polla , Argentaria

Pollio , Gaius Asinius

Pollio , Vedius

the Game of Polo

Pompeii - Pornae

Porpé - Practŏres

Praecia - Praxidĭcé

Praxilla - Procŭlus , Iulius

Procŭlus , Sempronius - Prostătes Tou Demou

Prostitution - Ptolemāïs

Pubes, Pubertas - Pylae

Pylagŏrae - Pyxus

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Polychromy

The ancient practice of colouring pieces of sculpture, as well as certain portions of the exterior and interior of buildings. See Statuaria Ars.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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