pander_ is derived from
his name. Chaucer, in his _Tro[:i]lus and Cresseide_, and Shakespeare, in
his drama of _Troilus and Cressida_, represent him as procuring for
Troilus the good graces of Cressid, and in _Much Ado About Nothing_, it
is said that Troilus "was the first employer of pandars."

=Pandemo'nium=, "the high capital of Satan and his peers." Here the
infernal parliament was held, and to this council Satan convened the
fallen angels to consult with him upon the best method of encompassing
the "fall of man." Satan ultimately undertook to visit the new world;
and, in the disguise of a serpent, he tempted Eve to eat of the
forbidden fruit.--Milton, _Paradise Lost_, ii. (1665).

=Pandi'on=, king of Athens, father of Procn[^e] and Philome'la.

None take pity on thy pain;
Senseless trees, they cannot hear thee;
Ruthless bears, they will not cheer thee;
King Pandion he is dead;
All thy friends are lapped in lead.

Richard Barnfield, _Address to the Nightingale_ (1594).

=Pandolf= (_Sir Harry_), the teller of whole strings of stories, which he
repeats at every gathering. He has also a stock of _bon-mots_. "Madam,"
said he, "I have lost by you to-day." "How so, Sir Harry!" replies the
lady. "Why, madam," rejoins the baronet, "I have lost an excellent
appetite." "This is the thirty-third time that Sir Harry hath been thus
arch."

We are constantly, after supper, entertained with the Glastonbury
Thorn. When we have wondered at that a little, "Father," saith the
son, "let us have the Spirit in the Wood." After that, "Now tell us
how you served the robber." "Alack!" saith Sir Harry, with a smile,
"I have almost forgotten that; but it is a pleasant conceit, to be
sure;" and accordingly he tells that and twenty more in the same
order over and over again.--Richard Steele.

=Pandolfe= (2 _syl._), father of L['e]lie.--Moli[`e]re, _L'Etourdi_
(1653).

=Pando'ra=, the "all-gifted woman." So called because all the gods
bestowed some gift on her to enhance her charms. Jove sent her to
Prometheus for a wife, but Herm[^e]s gave her in marriage to his brother,
Epime'theus (4 _syl._). It is said that Pandora enticed the curiosity of
Epimetheus to open a box in her possession, from which flew out all the
ills that flesh is heir to. Luckily the lid was closed in time to
prevent the escape of Hope.

More lovely than Pandora, whom the gods
Endowed wi