Part 29 (1/2)

Cer'be-rus. Three-headed dog which guarded the entrance of Hades, 76, 77, 160; Hercules captures, 229, 260; significance, 401.

Cer'cy-on. Son of Vulcan, 148; encountered by Theseus, 252.

Ce-re-a'li-a. Festivals in honor of Ceres, G.o.ddess of agriculture, 196.

Ce'res. Same as Demeter, G.o.ddess of agriculture and civilization, 159, 183-197; Cronus disgorges, 22; Psyche consults, 127, 128; Neptune loves, 153; Pelops' shoulder eaten by, 167; significance, 396, 397.

Cer-y-ne'a. Town of Achaia, 221.

Cer-y-ne'ian Stag. Stag taken by Hercules; one of his labors, 221.

Ces'tus. Venus' magic, love-inspiring girdle, 130, 308.

Ce'yx. King of Thessaly; s.h.i.+pwrecked, and changed with his wife Halcyone into birds, 211, 212.

Cha'os. The first of all divinities, who ruled over confusion, 12, 13; ejection of, 17; daughter of, 57.

Char'i-tes. The three Graces; attendants of Venus, 105.

Cha'ron. The boatman who ferries the souls over Acheron, 161; AEneas ferried by, 372; significance, 397.

Cha-ryb'dis. Whirlpool near the coast of Sicily, 352, 353, 365.

Chi-mae'ra. Monster slain by Bellerophon, 292-296; significance, 394, 401.

Chi'o-ne. Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Chi'os. One of the islands of the Archipelago, 99.

Chi'ron. Learned Centaur, 218, 263, 266, 314; death of, 221.

Chry-se'is. Daughter of Chryses; taken by Agamemnon, 318, 319.

Chry'ses. Father of Chryseis; priest of Apollo; brings a plague on the Greek camp, 318, 319.

Ci-co'ni-ans. Inhabitants of Ismarus, visited by Ulysses, 337.

Ci-lic'i-a. Province in Asia Minor, between AEolia and Troas, 47.

Ci'lix. Brother of Europa; founder of Cilicia, 45, 47.

Cim-me'ri-an Sh.o.r.es. Land visited by Ulysses to consult Tiresias, 350.

Cir'ce. Sister of AEetes; sorceress who changes Ulysses' men into swine, 347-353; significance, 395, 396.

Cle'o-bis. Brother of Biton; a devoted son, 54.

Cle-o-pa'tra. Daughter of Boreas and Orithyia, 215.

Cli'o. One of the nine Muses, 88.

Clo'tho. One of the Fates; she spins the thread of life, 165.

Clym'e-ne. 1. Wife of Iapetus; an ocean nymph, 25. 2. Nymph loved by Apollo; mother of Phaeton, 83, 87.

Clyt-aem-nes'tra. Wife of Agamemnon; slain by Orestes, 336; significance, 394.

Clyt'i-e. Maiden who loves Apollo, and is changed into a sunflower, 72.

Co-cy'tus. River in Hades, formed of tears of the condemned, 160, 161.

Coe'us. One of the t.i.tans; son of Ura.n.u.s and Gaea, 17.

Col'chi-an Land. Ram bears Phryxus to, 154; Argonauts arrive at, 268; Argonauts depart from, 269; sailors of, 271.

Col'chis. Land in Asia ruled by AEetes, where the golden fleece was kept, 265, 266; return from, 274.

Co-lo'nus. Forest sacred to Furies, where Oedipus vanished in a storm, 286.

Co-los'sus. Statue of Apollo in the Island of Rhodes, 91.

Con-sen'tes. Same as Pan, G.o.d of the universe and of nature, 300.

Co'pre-us. Son of Pelops; owner of the marvelous horse Arion, 153.

Co'ra. Same as Proserpina, G.o.ddess of vegetation, 183; significance, 396.

Cor'inth. City and isthmus between Greece proper and the Peloponnesus, 152, 158, 294; Sisyphus, king of, 167, 291; Sciron at, 251; Polybus, king of, 280-282, 286.

Co-ro'na. Constellation, also known as Ariadne's Crown, 181.

Co-ro'nis. Maiden loved by Apollo; mother of AEsculapius, 62, 63; significance, 386, 389.

Co'rus. Northwest wind; son of AEolus and Aurora, 213-215.

Cor-y-ban'tes. Same as Curetes; Rhea's priests, 21.

Cot'tus. One of the Centimani; son of Ura.n.u.s and Gaea, 18.

Cre'on. Father of Jocasta and of Megara, 219; King of Thebes, 288.

Cre'tan Bull. Hercules captures, 223.

Crete. Island home of Minos, 223, 253, 256; Menelaus' journey to, 312; AEneas' sojourn in, 364; Zeus, king of, 379.

Cre-u'sa. 1. Wife of AEneas; killed in attempting to fly from Troy, 361-363. 2. Same as Glauce; maiden loved by Jason, 273.

Cri'us. One of the t.i.tans; son of Ura.n.u.s and Gaea, 17.

Cro'nus. Same as Saturn; a t.i.tan who rules supreme; father of Jupiter, 17-23, 25, 35; daughters of, 51, 183, 198; son of, 159.