1-18 INDEXESChaos (ka' os), a "Yawning Void," the first principle for
Hesiod, 52-53
Chariclo (ka-rik' 16), nymph and mother of Tiresias,
400-401
Charités (kar' i-tëz). See Graces
Charon (ka' ron), the ferryman of the Underworld,
341-342
Charybdis (ka-rib' dis), monstrous daughter of Poseidon
and Ge; a dire obstacle, with Scylla, in the Straits of
Messina, 152-153, 492
Chimaera (kï-më' ra), offspring of Typhon and Echidna
with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail,
killed by Bellerophon, 154, 614
Chiron (kî' ron), a wise centaur, tutor of heroes, 93, 451,
525, 575, 603
Christ, the founder of a mystery religion, dominant in
the Western world, Christian, Christianity, 694
Chronus (kron' us), "Time," the first principle in the Or-
phic theogony, 362
Chrysaor (krï-sâ' or), "He of the golden sword," son of
Medusa and Poseidon, and father of Geryon and
Echidna, 154, 508
Chrysei's (kri-së' is), Chryses' daughter who was taken
captive by Agamemnon during the Trojan War, 455
Chrysothemis (kri-so' them-is), daughter of Agamem-
non and Clytemnestra who is Sophocles' foil for her
sister Electra, 406, 420
Chthonia (thô' ni-a), Chthonian (thô' ni-an), chthonic,
chthonius, "of the earth," an epithet for deities of the
earth and Underworld, 128
Chthonius (thô' ni-us), one of the five Spartoi, king of
Thebes, and father of Lycus and Nycteus, 380
Cicones (si' -ko-nëz), Ciconian, people of Ismarus in
Thrace, encountered by Odysseus, 356-358, 487
Cilissa (si-lis' sa), in Aeschylus the nurse of Orestes who
got him away after the murder of Agamemnon,
417-418
Cinyras (sin' i-ras), son of Pygmalion and Galatea, se-
duced by his daughter Myrrha, and father of Adonis,
177
Cios (si' os), city on the Asiatic shore of the Propontis,
where Heracles lost Hylas and was left behind by the
Argonauts, 577
Circe (sir' se), daughter of the Sun (Helius) and a sor-
ceress on the island of Aeaea who turned men into
swine; Odysseus overcame her and she gave him di-
rections, 153, 489, 489-490, 494, 583
Cithaeron (si-thë' ron), a mountain between Thebes and
Corinth, where Bacchic revels where held and where
the infant Oedipus was exposed and rescued, 522
Clashing Rocks. See Symplegades
Cleobis (klë-ô' bis), he and his brother Biton were judged
the happiest of men by Solon, 136-137
Cleopatra (klë-ô-paf ra), daughter of Boreas and
Orithyia and wife of Phineus, 549, 554; wife of Melea-
ger, 609
Clio (klï' 6), Muse of history or lyre playing, 73, 125
Cloaca (klô-à' ka): Cloacina (klo—sï' na or klo-a-kë' na),
epithet of Venus, 636
Clotho (klô' thô), "Spinner," the one of the three Fates
who spins out the thread of a person's life, 125, 338
Clymene (klï' me-në), wife of Helius and mother of
Phaëthon, 57, 78; wife of Iapetus and mother of Atlas,
Menoetius, Prometheus and Epimetheus, 56; also wife
of Iasus and mother of Atalanta, and wife of Pheres,
83, 574; wife of Iasus and mother of Atalanta, and wife
of Pheres, 607
Clytemnestra (klî-tem-nes' tra), daughter of Zeus and
Leda; she took Aegisthus as her lover, murdered her
husband Agamemnon, and was killed by her son
Orestes, 406, 408-411, 410, 452, 477, 501
Clytië (klï' ti-e), an Oceanid, jealous lover of Helius who
turned into a sunflower, 608
Cnossus (knos' sus), site of Minos' palace in Crete, ex-
cavated by Sir Arthur Evans, 39, 40-41
Codrus (kod' rus), last king of Athens, who sacrificed
himself for his city, 567
Coeus (se' us), one of the twelve Titans, father of Leto,
54
Colchis (kol' kis), Colchian(s), a city at the eastern end
of the Black Sea, to which Jason sailed for the Golden
Fleece, 575, 578-580
Compitalia (kom-pi-tâ' li-a), crossroads festival honor-
ing the Lares, 641
Consus (kon' sus), cult partner of Ops and Italian har-
vest god, whose Roman festival was the Consualia
(kon-swa' li-a), 633
Corinth (kor' inth), city in the northern Peloponnesus,
Corinthian(s), 584-588, 589, 612-615
Corona (ko-rô' na), the wreath of Ariadne, which became
a constellation, 559
Coronis (ko-rô' nis), daughter of Phlegyas and unfaith-
ful beloved of Apollo and mother of Asclepius, 240
Cottus (kof tus), one of the three Hecatonchires, 54, 78
Crane dance (geranos), dance of Theseus on Delos, 561,
611
Creon (krë' on), father of Megara, Heracles' wife, 379,
388-389,398-399,522; king of Corinth, father of Glauce,
whom Jason married, 585, 589-590, 597
Crete (krët), Cretan Bull, seventh Labor of Heracles, 526;
large island in the Aegean, center of Minoan civiliza-
tion and birthplace of Zeus, Cretan(s), 231, 250-254,
617-618
Cretheus (krë' the-us), king of Iolcus, husband of Tyro,
and father of Aeson, Pheres, and Amythaon, 574, 575,
606
Creusa (kre-û' sa), 442; Aeneas' first wife, who died dur-
ing Troy's capture, 478, 479, 479; another name for
Glauce, whom Jason married, 589, 597; daughter of
Erechtheus and mother of Ion, 549, 551, 554
Crisa (kri' sa), site of Delphi, 230, 231, 248
Croesus (krë' sus), wealthy king of Lydia, and Atys' fa-
ther, who was defeated by Cyrus and learned wisdom
after his encounter with Solon, 135, 136-142
Crommyon (krom' mi-on), a village near Megara, home
of a huge, man-eating sow, killed by Theseus, 555, 557
Cronus (krô' nus), sky-god, son of Uranus and Ge, and
Rhea's husband, overthrown by his son Zeus, 54,64-65,
76-78, 103, 109, 632
Cumaean Sibyl (kù-më' an sib' il), Deiphobe (dë-if -ô-
bë), Sibyl of Cumae, prophetic priestess of Apollo, and
Aeneas' guide in the Underworld, 234-235
Cupid (kù' pid), the Roman name of Eros, 52, 193-197,
194, 439
Curiatii (kû-ri-â' shi-ï or kù-ri-a-ti-ë), three champions
from Alba Longa who fought against the Roman Hor-
atii, 658
Cybele (sib' e-lë), Phrygian mother goddess, sprung