Bryan, Sir, a knight of Arthur.
Buddha, called The Enlightened, reformer of Brahmanism, deified teacher
of self abnegation, virtue, reincarnation, Karma (inevitable sequence
of every act), and Nirvana (beatific absorption into the Divine), lived
about
Byblos, in Egypt.
Byrsa, original site of Carthage.
C
Cacus, gigantic son of Vulcan, slain by Hercules, whose captured cattle
he stole.
Cadmus, son of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, and of Telephassa, and
brother of Europa, who, seeking his sister, carried off by Jupiter, had
strange adventures--sowing in the ground teeth of a dragon he had
killed, which sprang up armed men who slew each other, all but five,
who helped Cadmus to found the city of Thebes.
Caduceus, Mercury's staff.
Cadwallo, King of Venedotia (North Wales).
Caerleon, traditional seat of Arthur's court.
Caesar, Julius, Roman lawyer, general, statesman and author, conquered
and consolidated Roman territory, making possible the Empire.
Caicus, a Greek river.
Cairns, Druidical store piles.
Calais, French town facing England.
Calchas, wisest soothsayer among the Greeks at Troy.
Caliburn, a sword of Arthur.
Calliope, one of the nine Muses
Callisto, an Arcadian nymph, mother of Arcas (SEE Bootes), changed by
Jupiter to constellation Ursa Minor.
Calpe, a mountain in the south of Spain, on the strait between the
Atlantic and Mediterranean, now Rock of Gibraltar.
Calydon, home of Meleager.
Calypso, queen of Island of Ogyia, where Ulysses was wrecked and held
seven years.
Camber, son of Brutus, governor of West Albion (Wales).
Camelot, legendary place in England where Arthur's court and palace
were located.
Camenae, prophetic nymphs, belonging to the religion of ancient Italy.
Camilla, Volscian maiden, huntress and Amazonian warrior, favorite of
Diana.
Camlan, battle of, where Arthur was mortally wounded.
Canterbury, English city.
Capaneus, husband of Evadne, slain by Jupiter for disobedience.
Capet, Hugh, King of France (987-996 AD).
Caradoc Briefbras, Sir, great nephew of King Arthur.
Carahue, King of Mauretania.
Carthage, African city, home of Dido
Cassandra, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, and twin sister of Helenus, a
prophetess, who foretold the coming of the Greeks but was not believed.
Cassibellaunus, British chieftain, fought but not conquered by Caesar.
Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda.
Castalia, fountain of Parnassus, giving inspiration to Oracular
priestess named Pythia.
Castalian Cave, oracle of Apollo.
Castes (India).
Castor and Pollux--the Dioscuri, sons of Jupiter and Leda,--Castor a
horseman, Pollux a boxer (SEE Gemini).
Caucasus, Mount
Cavall, Arthur's favorite dog.
Cayster, ancient river.
Cebriones, Hector's charioteer.
Cecrops, first king of Athens.
Celestials, gods of classic mythology.
Celeus, shepherd who sheltered Ceres, seeking Proserpine, and whose
infant son Triptolemus was in gratitude made great by Ceres.
Cellini, Benvenuto, famous Italian sculptor and artificer in metals.
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