COMMAGENE, a district of Syria, bounded on the east by the Euphrates, on the west by Amanus, and on the north by Mount Taurus. COOS. See Cos. CORCYRA, an island in the Adriatic; now _Corfou_. CORINTHUS, a city of Achaia, on the south part of the isthmus which joins Peloponnesus to the continent. From its situation between two seas, Horace says, _Bimarisve Corinthi mœnia._ The city was taken and burnt to the ground by Mummius the Roman general, A.U.C. 608. It was afterwards restored to its ancient splendour, and made a Roman colony. It retains the name of _Corinth_. CORMA, a river in Asia; mentioned by Tacitus only. CORSICA, an island in the part of the Mediterranean called the Sea of Liguria, in length from north to south about a hundred and fifty miles, and about fifty where broadest. To the south it is separated from Sardinia by a narrow channel. COS, or COOS, one of the islands called the Cyclades, in the Ægean sea, famous for being the birth-place of Apelles; now _Stan Co_. COSA, a promontory of Etruria; now _Mont Argentaro_, in Tuscany. CREMERA, a river of Tuscany, falling into the Tiber a little to the north of Rome, rendered famous by the slaughter of the Fabii. CREMONA, a city of Italy, built A.U.C. 536, and afterwards, in the year 822, rased to the ground by the army of Vespasian, in the war with Vitellius. It was soon rebuilt by the citizens, with the exhortations of Vespasian. It is now a flourishing city in the duchy of Milan, and retains the name of Cremona. CUMÆ, a town of Campania, near Cape Misenum, famous for the cave of the Cumæan Sibyl. CUSUS, a river in Hungary, that falls into the Danube. CYCLADES, a cluster of islands in the Ægean sea, so called from _Cyclus_, the orb in which they lie. Their names and number are not ascertained. Strabo reckons sixteen. CYME, a maritime town of Æolia in Asia. CYPRUS, a noble island opposite to the coast of Syria, formerly sacred to Venus, whence she was called the Cyprian goddess. CYRENE (now called _Curin_), the capital of Cyrenaica, a district of Africa, now the _Desert of Barca_. It stood about eleven miles from the sea, and had an excellent harbour. CYTHERA, an island situated on the coast of Peloponnesus formerly sacred to Venus, and thence her name of _Cytherea_. The island is now called _Cerigo_. CYTHNUS, one of the islands called the Cyclades, in the Ægean Sea. CYZICUS, a city of Mysia, in the Hither Asia, rendered famous by the long siege of Mithridates, which at last was raised by Lucullus. D. DACIA, a country extending between the Danube and the Carpathian mountains to the mouth of the Danube, and to the Euxine, comprising a part of Upper Hungary, Transylvania, and Moldavia. The inhabitants to the west, towards Germany, were called _Daci_; those to the east towards the Euxine were called _Getæ_. The whole country was reduced by Trajan to a Roman province.