Caÿstrus (or Caÿster), 173. River in W. of Asia Minor flowing into the sea near Ephesus. Chalcis, 246, 257. Chief town of Euboea on Strait at narrowest point. ^_a_ Chaldaeans, 81, 275 (3), 302. ^_a_ Charimander (or Charmander), 276. Otherwise unknown. Charms, laws against, 182. Charybdis, 153. Whirlpool in Strait of Messina. Chasmata (meteors), 38. Chersonese (= peninsula), 142. Carian or Rhodian on S.W. of Asia Minor. Chios, 175. Island and town (Scio) off coast of Asia Minor. ^_a_ Cicero, 100. Ciconians, 133. Tribe in Thrace. Circius (Wind), 211. Claudius (Emperor), 290, 294, 304. Cleonae, 181, 182. Town in Argolis. Cleopatra, 172 (2). Antony’s celebrated partner. ^_a_ Clidemus, 99. A philosopher anterior in date to Aristotle. Clouds, as sources of lightning and thunder, 10, 62, 63, 64, 75, 203; invisible when we are within them, 24; composition of, 24; compression of, causes thunder, 67; produce fire, 70, 74, 100; must be burst before they emit sound, 76, 98; not necessarily connected with wind, 195; as sources of wind, 203, 204. Cloud-winds, 203. Colours (in rainbow), origin of, 21, 25, 30, 31. Comets, infrequency of, 272, 288, 301; what are they? 272; points of resemblance of, to planets, 273; resemblance to meteors, 275, 276; classes of, 276, 290; not due to wind, 278, 279–282; curved path of, 279; long visibility of, 282; distribution and shape of, 283; Greek classification of, 283; different from the planets, 284; examples of, 288, 290; vast orbits of, 290, 297, 302; vary in apparent size as they advance or retreat, 291; transparency of, 291, 300; Stoic opinions regarding, 291–294; directions of, 294, 303, 304; Seneca’s opinion, 295, 305; form of, 300; portents from, 302. ^_a_ Conon, 274. Astronomer; born at Samos; lived at Alexandria about 250 B.C. Said to have been a friend of Archimedes. Constellations, 301. Contentment, duty of, 112. Continuity or unity, defined, 53. Corus (Wind), 210. Corycian (Mt.), 122. The district round Corycus in Cilicia was famous for saffron. Crassus, 215. Celebrated Roman, slain in battle in Mesopotamia, 53 B.C. Crete, 123, 153 (adj.). Crispus Passienus, 160. Stepfather of Nero. Consul in 42. Crocodiles and dolphins, fight between, 171; chase of, 172. Cutiliae, 139 (2). In the Sabine country, N.E. of Rome. Cyclades, 147. Group of islands in Grecian Archipelago. Cyclopes, 91. Jove’s fabled armourers with workshops beneath Etna, Stromboli, etc. Cyprus, 259. Dacian, 5. Danube, as a political boundary, 5, 233; alleged remarkable character of, 135; floods of, 146; contrasted with the Nile, 166; not swollen in winter, 173. Darius, 254. King of Persia, 521–485 B.C.