The Aeneid (60 page)
CHROMIS
(
kroh‘-mis
): Trojan killed at long range by Camilla with her spears, 11.796.
(
kroh‘-mis
): Trojan killed at long range by Camilla with her spears, 11.796.
CIMINUS
(
si‘-mi-nus
): lake in Etruria surrounded by hills, its contingent allied with Turnus, 7.812.
(
si‘-mi-nus
): lake in Etruria surrounded by hills, its contingent allied with Turnus, 7.812.
CIRCE
(
sir‘-see
): goddess and enchantress of Aeaea, who changes men to animals and beasts, 3.458. See Note 7.327 and
Odyssey
10.146-631.
(
sir‘-see
): goddess and enchantress of Aeaea, who changes men to animals and beasts, 3.458. See Note 7.327 and
Odyssey
10.146-631.
CISSEUS
(
see‘-syoos
): (1) king of Thrace, father of Hecuba, who is consequently named Cisseis, 5.591. (2) Latin fighter, son of Melampus, killed by Aeneas, 10.375.
(
see‘-syoos
): (1) king of Thrace, father of Hecuba, who is consequently named Cisseis, 5.591. (2) Latin fighter, son of Melampus, killed by Aeneas, 10.375.
CITHAERON
(
si-thee‘-ron
): mountain in central Greece, renowned for its wild Dionysiac rites, 4.377.
(
si-thee‘-ron
): mountain in central Greece, renowned for its wild Dionysiac rites, 4.377.
CLARIAN
(
kla‘-ryan
): of Clarus, a town near Colophon in Ionia, site of a temple and oracle sacred to Apollo, 3.427.
(
kla‘-ryan
): of Clarus, a town near Colophon in Ionia, site of a temple and oracle sacred to Apollo, 3.427.
CLARUS
(
kla‘-rus
): Lycian; he and Thaemon are two of Sarpedon’s brothers, and both are allies of Aeneas, 10.155.
(
kla‘-rus
): Lycian; he and Thaemon are two of Sarpedon’s brothers, and both are allies of Aeneas, 10.155.
CLAUDIAN
(
klaw‘-di-an
): belonging to a Roman
gens,
or tribe, according to Virgil descended from Clausus, 7.825.
(
klaw‘-di-an
): belonging to a Roman
gens,
or tribe, according to Virgil descended from Clausus, 7.825.
CLAUSUS
(
klaw‘-sus
): Sabine warrior allied to Turnus, 7.822.
(
klaw‘-sus
): Sabine warrior allied to Turnus, 7.822.
CLOANTHUS
(
kloh-ayn‘-thus
): Trojan, comrade of Aeneas, lost in the storm off Carthage but restored to pilot the
Scylla
and win the ship-race at the funeral games for Anchises, 1.263. See Note 5.134-318.
(
kloh-ayn‘-thus
): Trojan, comrade of Aeneas, lost in the storm off Carthage but restored to pilot the
Scylla
and win the ship-race at the funeral games for Anchises, 1.263. See Note 5.134-318.
CLOELIA
(
klee‘-li-a
): Roman girl who, eluding her captor, Porsenna, broke free of her chains and swam across the Tiber, 8.763. See Introduction, p. 34.
(
klee‘-li-a
): Roman girl who, eluding her captor, Porsenna, broke free of her chains and swam across the Tiber, 8.763. See Introduction, p. 34.
CLONIUS
(
klo‘-ni-us
): (1) Trojan killed by Turnus, 9.654. (2) A second Trojan, killed by Messapus, 10.884.
(
klo‘-ni-us
): (1) Trojan killed by Turnus, 9.654. (2) A second Trojan, killed by Messapus, 10.884.
CLONUS
(
klo‘-nus
): son of Eurytus, goldsmith who engraved the sword-belt stripped by Turnus from the body of Pallas (3), 10.591.
(
klo‘-nus
): son of Eurytus, goldsmith who engraved the sword-belt stripped by Turnus from the body of Pallas (3), 10.591.
CLUENTIUS
(
klu-een‘-ti-us
): name of Roman family descended from Cloanthus, 5.144.
(
klu-een‘-ti-us
): name of Roman family descended from Cloanthus, 5.144.
CLUSIUM
(
kloo‘-si-um
): modern Chiusi, prominent Etrurian city near Lake Trasi- mene, and source of a contingent allied with Aeneas, 10.204.
(
kloo‘-si-um
): modern Chiusi, prominent Etrurian city near Lake Trasi- mene, and source of a contingent allied with Aeneas, 10.204.
CLYTIUS
(
kli‘-ti-us
): (1) Trojan, son of Aeolus (2), killed by Turnus, 9.872. (2) Father of Acmon and Menestheus, allies of Aeneas who hail from Lyrnesus, 10.158. (3) Rutulian ally of Turnus, lover of Cydon and a warrior protected from Aeneas by his brothers, 10.383. (4) Trojan, father of Eunaeus, killed by Camilla, 11.785.
(
kli‘-ti-us
): (1) Trojan, son of Aeolus (2), killed by Turnus, 9.872. (2) Father of Acmon and Menestheus, allies of Aeneas who hail from Lyrnesus, 10.158. (3) Rutulian ally of Turnus, lover of Cydon and a warrior protected from Aeneas by his brothers, 10.383. (4) Trojan, father of Eunaeus, killed by Camilla, 11.785.
CNOSSUS
(
kno‘-sus
): principal city of Crete, lying on its north coast, 3.139.
(
kno‘-sus
): principal city of Crete, lying on its north coast, 3.139.
COCLES
(
koh‘-kleez
): Publius Horatius Cocles, who famously held the bridge over the Tiber against the attack of Lars Porsenna until it could be cut down, 8.763. See Introduction, p. 34.
(
koh‘-kleez
): Publius Horatius Cocles, who famously held the bridge over the Tiber against the attack of Lars Porsenna until it could be cut down, 8.763. See Introduction, p. 34.
COCYTUS
(
koh-see‘-tus
): “named of lamentation loud / Heard on the rueful stream,” in Milton’s phrase; one of the major rivers in the Underworld, 6.156, “the Wailing River,” 6.339. See Note 3.262.
(
koh-see‘-tus
): “named of lamentation loud / Heard on the rueful stream,” in Milton’s phrase; one of the major rivers in the Underworld, 6.156, “the Wailing River,” 6.339. See Note 3.262.
COEUS
(
see‘-us
): Titan, father of Latona, brother of Enceladus and Rumor, born to Mother Earth, 4.226.
(
see‘-us
): Titan, father of Latona, brother of Enceladus and Rumor, born to Mother Earth, 4.226.
COLLATIA
(
koh-lay‘-ti-a
): Sabine town in Latium, built by descendants of Silvius Aeneas, 6.894. See Introduction, p. 29.
(
koh-lay‘-ti-a
): Sabine town in Latium, built by descendants of Silvius Aeneas, 6.894. See Introduction, p. 29.
CORA
(
koh‘-ra
): town in Latium, on the northwest edge of the Volscian mountains, built by descendants of Silvius Aeneas, 6.895.
(
koh‘-ra
): town in Latium, on the northwest edge of the Volscian mountains, built by descendants of Silvius Aeneas, 6.895.
CORAS
(
koh‘-ras
): Argive, brother of Tiburtus, twin brother of Catillus, he fights on Turnus’ side, 7.783.
(
koh‘-ras
): Argive, brother of Tiburtus, twin brother of Catillus, he fights on Turnus’ side, 7.783.
CORINTH
(
ko-’rinth
): city that gives its name to the gulf north of the Peloponnese, in the kingdom of Agamemnon, conquered by Lucius Mummius in 146 B.C., 6.962. See Introduction, p. 30.
(
ko-’rinth
): city that gives its name to the gulf north of the Peloponnese, in the kingdom of Agamemnon, conquered by Lucius Mummius in 146 B.C., 6.962. See Introduction, p. 30.
COROEBUS
(
ko-ree‘-bus
): Phrygian, fiancé of Cassandra, comrade of Aeneas, killed by the Greek Peneleus at the fall of Troy, 2.430.
(
ko-ree‘-bus
): Phrygian, fiancé of Cassandra, comrade of Aeneas, killed by the Greek Peneleus at the fall of Troy, 2.430.
CORYBANTES
(
ko-ri-ban‘-teez
): priests of the Great Mother of Mount Cybelus, who worshipped her with ecstatic dances and clashing cymbals, 3.135.
(
ko-ri-ban‘-teez
): priests of the Great Mother of Mount Cybelus, who worshipped her with ecstatic dances and clashing cymbals, 3.135.
CORYNAEUS
(
ko-ri-nee‘-us
): (1) Trojan priest who gathered the bones from Misenus’ funeral pyre; killed by Asilas (1), a Rutulian, 6.266. (2) A second Trojan, who overpowers Ebysus, 12.359.
(
ko-ri-nee‘-us
): (1) Trojan priest who gathered the bones from Misenus’ funeral pyre; killed by Asilas (1), a Rutulian, 6.266. (2) A second Trojan, who overpowers Ebysus, 12.359.
CORYTHUS
(
ko‘-ri-thus
): (1) town in Etruria, a potential ally of Aeneas, 3.209. (2) Founder of the Etrurian town, 9.12.
(
ko‘-ri-thus
): (1) town in Etruria, a potential ally of Aeneas, 3.209. (2) Founder of the Etrurian town, 9.12.
COSAE
(
koh‘-see
): legendary Etrurian coastal city, northwest of Graviscae, its contingent allied to Aeneas, 10.204.
(
koh‘-see
): legendary Etrurian coastal city, northwest of Graviscae, its contingent allied to Aeneas, 10.204.
COSSUS
(
koh‘-sus
): Aulus Cornelius Cossus, Roman general, 6.968. See Introduction, p. 31.
(
koh‘-sus
): Aulus Cornelius Cossus, Roman general, 6.968. See Introduction, p. 31.
CRETE
(
kreet
): 3.126, the large island south of the Peloponnese in the Aegean, the kingdom of Idomeneus; CRETANS (
kree‘-tanz
), its inhabitants, 3.128; CRETAN (
kree’-tan
), 3.146, their effects.
(
kreet
): 3.126, the large island south of the Peloponnese in the Aegean, the kingdom of Idomeneus; CRETANS (
kree‘-tanz
), its inhabitants, 3.128; CRETAN (
kree’-tan
), 3.146, their effects.
CRETHEUS
(
kree‘-thyoos
): (1) Trojan singer and soldier killed by Turnus, 9.873. (2) Greek soldier in the Trojan ranks, killed by Turnus, 12.629.
(
kree‘-thyoos
): (1) Trojan singer and soldier killed by Turnus, 9.873. (2) Greek soldier in the Trojan ranks, killed by Turnus, 12.629.
CREUSA
(
kre-oo‘-sa
): daughter of Priam by Hecuba, wife of Aeneas, mother of Ascanius, lost in the fall of Troy, 2.697.
(
kre-oo‘-sa
): daughter of Priam by Hecuba, wife of Aeneas, mother of Ascanius, lost in the fall of Troy, 2.697.
CRINISUS
(
kri-nee‘-sus
): river in Sicily and its god; father of Acestes, king of Sicily, 5.47.
(
kri-nee‘-sus
): river in Sicily and its god; father of Acestes, king of Sicily, 5.47.
CRUSTUMERIUM
(
kroos-too-mer‘-i-um
): town of the Sabines, north of Rome, provider of armaments for the Latin forces, 7.734.
(
kroos-too-mer‘-i-um
): town of the Sabines, north of Rome, provider of armaments for the Latin forces, 7.734.
CUMAE
(
koo‘-mee
): Campanian town, founded by Greeks who migrated from Chalcis on the island of Euboea; northwest of Naples, a legendary entrance to the Underworld, its cavern a favorite haunt of the Sibyl, who is Aeneas’ guide, 3.518; CUMAEAN (
koo-mee’-an
), belonging to it and its inhabitants, 6.117.
(
koo‘-mee
): Campanian town, founded by Greeks who migrated from Chalcis on the island of Euboea; northwest of Naples, a legendary entrance to the Underworld, its cavern a favorite haunt of the Sibyl, who is Aeneas’ guide, 3.518; CUMAEAN (
koo-mee’-an
), belonging to it and its inhabitants, 6.117.
CUNARUS
(
ku‘-na-rus
): strongest of the Ligurian chiefs, an ally of Aeneas, his emblem a swan, in honor of his alleged father, Cycnus, 10.224.
(
ku‘-na-rus
): strongest of the Ligurian chiefs, an ally of Aeneas, his emblem a swan, in honor of his alleged father, Cycnus, 10.224.
CUPAVO
(
ku-pay‘-vo
): son of Cycnus, Ligurian chief in league with Aeneas, captain of the
Centaur
on her missions, 10.225.
(
ku-pay‘-vo
): son of Cycnus, Ligurian chief in league with Aeneas, captain of the
Centaur
on her missions, 10.225.
CUPENCUS
(
ku-peen‘-kus
): Rutulian, warrior-priest killed by Aeneas, 12.631.
(
ku-peen‘-kus
): Rutulian, warrior-priest killed by Aeneas, 12.631.
CUPID
(
kyoo‘-pid
): personification of love, son of Venus, 1.783.
(
kyoo‘-pid
): personification of love, son of Venus, 1.783.
CURES
(
koo‘-reez
): Sabine town, where Numa lived before becoming Rome’s second king, 6.935.
(
koo‘-reez
): Sabine town, where Numa lived before becoming Rome’s second king, 6.935.
CURETES
(
koo-ree‘-teez
): legendary people of Crete, priests of Jupiter in later time, 3.159.
(
koo-ree‘-teez
): legendary people of Crete, priests of Jupiter in later time, 3.159.
CYBEBE
(
si-bee‘-bee
): (Cybele) goddess of the Phrygians, and the Great Mother of the Romans, 10.267. For the origin, customs, and extent of her cult, see 3.134-7, and William, 1962, note 3.111f.
(
si-bee‘-bee
): (Cybele) goddess of the Phrygians, and the Great Mother of the Romans, 10.267. For the origin, customs, and extent of her cult, see 3.134-7, and William, 1962, note 3.111f.
CYBELUS
(
si-bee‘-lus
): Phrygian mountain sacred to Cybebe (Cybele), 3.134.
(
si-bee‘-lus
): Phrygian mountain sacred to Cybebe (Cybele), 3.134.
CYCLADES
(
si‘-cla-deez
): ring of islands surrounding Delos in the Aegean Sea, 3.153.
(
si‘-cla-deez
): ring of islands surrounding Delos in the Aegean Sea, 3.153.
CYCLOPS
(
seye‘-klops
): 3.664, a cannibal clan of one-eyed giants who dwelled in Sicily, in the neighborhood of Mt. Etna; also a name for Polyphemus in particular, blinded by Ulysses and his crewmen (see
Odyssey
9.118-630). They labor in the forge of Vulcan as well, in a great cavern called Vulcania off the coast of Sicily, where they forge Aeneas’ shield. For the Cyclops at their labors, see 8.500-35. For the Cyclops’ names, see 8.501 and Note 5.920. For the shield they forge, see 8.737-858 and Introduction, pp. 33-36. See LIPARE and VULCANIA.
(
seye‘-klops
): 3.664, a cannibal clan of one-eyed giants who dwelled in Sicily, in the neighborhood of Mt. Etna; also a name for Polyphemus in particular, blinded by Ulysses and his crewmen (see
Odyssey
9.118-630). They labor in the forge of Vulcan as well, in a great cavern called Vulcania off the coast of Sicily, where they forge Aeneas’ shield. For the Cyclops at their labors, see 8.500-35. For the Cyclops’ names, see 8.501 and Note 5.920. For the shield they forge, see 8.737-858 and Introduction, pp. 33-36. See LIPARE and VULCANIA.
CYCNUS
(
keek‘-nus
): Ligurian, father of Cupavo, transformed into a swan while mourning for his lover, Phaëthon, who mourned in turn for his dead sisters, who had been transformed into poplars, 10.229. See CUNARUS.
(
keek‘-nus
): Ligurian, father of Cupavo, transformed into a swan while mourning for his lover, Phaëthon, who mourned in turn for his dead sisters, who had been transformed into poplars, 10.229. See CUNARUS.
CYDON
(
see‘-don
): Latin soldier in Turnus’ ranks, 10.383.
(
see‘-don
): Latin soldier in Turnus’ ranks, 10.383.
CYLLENE
(
see-lee‘-nee
): mountain in Northern Arcadia, the site of Mercury’s birth and sacred to the god, 8.159.
(
see-lee‘-nee
): mountain in Northern Arcadia, the site of Mercury’s birth and sacred to the god, 8.159.
CYMODOCEA
(
see-mo-do-see‘-a
): sea-nymph in Neptune’s retinue, and known for her powers of speech, 10.272. See Note 5.920.
(
see-mo-do-see‘-a
): sea-nymph in Neptune’s retinue, and known for her powers of speech, 10.272. See Note 5.920.
CYMOTHOË
(
see-mo‘-tho-ee
): sea-nymph who with Triton hauls the shipwrecked Trojan vessels off the rocks, 1.169.
(
see-mo‘-tho-ee
): sea-nymph who with Triton hauls the shipwrecked Trojan vessels off the rocks, 1.169.
CYNTHUS
(
sin‘-thus
): mountain on Delos, place of Apollo and Diana’s birth, and a favorite haunt of both immortals, 1.601.
(
sin‘-thus
): mountain on Delos, place of Apollo and Diana’s birth, and a favorite haunt of both immortals, 1.601.
CYPRUS
(
seye‘-prus
): the large island in the eastern Mediterranean and sacrosanct to Venus, who regards it as her home, 1.742.
(
seye‘-prus
): the large island in the eastern Mediterranean and sacrosanct to Venus, who regards it as her home, 1.742.
CYTHERA
(
si-the‘-ra
): 1.307, island off the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese and sacred to Venus, CYTHEREA (
si-the-ree’-a
) or the Cytherean, who often bears its name; see 5.890.
(
si-the‘-ra
): 1.307, island off the southeastern coast of the Peloponnese and sacred to Venus, CYTHEREA (
si-the-ree’-a
) or the Cytherean, who often bears its name; see 5.890.
DAEDALUS
(
dee‘-da-lus
): “the fabulous artificer,” in Joyce’s phrase, in the service of Minos, king of Crete, for whom he built the famous labyrinth, 6.16.
(
dee‘-da-lus
): “the fabulous artificer,” in Joyce’s phrase, in the service of Minos, king of Crete, for whom he built the famous labyrinth, 6.16.
DAHAE
(
da‘-hee
): wandering Scythian tribe that ranges east of the Caspian Sea; among the conquered people who march at Augustus’ triumph after the battle of Actium, 8.852.
(
da‘-hee
): wandering Scythian tribe that ranges east of the Caspian Sea; among the conquered people who march at Augustus’ triumph after the battle of Actium, 8.852.
DANAË
(
da‘-na-ee
): daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos; mother, by Zeus, of Perseus, she established Ardea, 7.478. Servius tells the story of how her father shut her in a chest that he threw into the sea; it washed to shore off the coast of Italy, southwest of Rome.
(
da‘-na-ee
): daughter of Acrisius, king of Argos; mother, by Zeus, of Perseus, she established Ardea, 7.478. Servius tells the story of how her father shut her in a chest that he threw into the sea; it washed to shore off the coast of Italy, southwest of Rome.
DARDANIA
(
dar-day‘-ni-a
): the kingdom of Dardanus, originally founded as a colony on the foothills of Mount Ida (1), and the predecessor of Troy, 8.135.
(
dar-day‘-ni-a
): the kingdom of Dardanus, originally founded as a colony on the foothills of Mount Ida (1), and the predecessor of Troy, 8.135.
DARDANUS
(
dar‘-da-nus
): son of Jupiter and Atlas’ daughter, Electra, forebear of Priam and the kings of Troy, ancestor of Aeneas; reputed to have been born in Italy, 2.977. (For possible associations of Dardanus with Etruria, see Horsfall on 7.206-11, 207, and 219-20.) Dardanus’ birth in Italy makes the arrival there of Aeneas, his descendant, a kind of
nostos,
or return; see 3.114-23, 3.200-6. The Trojans are occasionally referred to as DARDANS (
dar’-danz
), 2.305, and their effects as DARDAN (
dar‘-dan
), 1.719. See Introduction, pp. 12, 17, and
Iliad
20.251-82.
(
dar‘-da-nus
): son of Jupiter and Atlas’ daughter, Electra, forebear of Priam and the kings of Troy, ancestor of Aeneas; reputed to have been born in Italy, 2.977. (For possible associations of Dardanus with Etruria, see Horsfall on 7.206-11, 207, and 219-20.) Dardanus’ birth in Italy makes the arrival there of Aeneas, his descendant, a kind of
nostos,
or return; see 3.114-23, 3.200-6. The Trojans are occasionally referred to as DARDANS (
dar’-danz
), 2.305, and their effects as DARDAN (
dar‘-dan
), 1.719. See Introduction, pp. 12, 17, and
Iliad
20.251-82.
DARES
(
day‘-reez
): veteran Trojan boxer defeated by Entellus at the funeral games for Anchises and later killed by Turnus, 5.411.
(
day‘-reez
): veteran Trojan boxer defeated by Entellus at the funeral games for Anchises and later killed by Turnus, 5.411.
DAUCUS
(
daw‘-kus
): Rutulian, father of the identical twins, Thymber and Larides, both killed by Pallas (3), 10.462.
(
daw‘-kus
): Rutulian, father of the identical twins, Thymber and Larides, both killed by Pallas (3), 10.462.
DAUNUS
(
daw‘-nus
): according to myth, a king of Daunia, a sector of Apulia, and the father of Turnus, 10.727.
(
daw‘-nus
): according to myth, a king of Daunia, a sector of Apulia, and the father of Turnus, 10.727.
DAWN
: goddess of the morning, Hyperion’s daugther, wife of Tithonus, and mother by Tithonus of Memnon, 1.591.
: goddess of the morning, Hyperion’s daugther, wife of Tithonus, and mother by Tithonus of Memnon, 1.591.
DEATH
: God of the Underworld, twin brother of Sleep, 6.126.
: God of the Underworld, twin brother of Sleep, 6.126.
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