CECROPS. The first king of Athens. CELSUS. An Epicurean to whom Lucian addresses the _Alexander_. Origen, in replying to a treatise against Christianity written by a Celsus, accuses him of being an Epicurean; and Origen's Celsus has accordingly been identified with Lucian's, but from Origen's own account of Celsus's position there is reason to doubt whether he could have been an Epicurean. CERAMICUS. A quarter in the north-west of Athens, both within and without the walls, which were here passed by the Dipylon or Double Gate. CERBERUS. The three-headed dog that guarded Hades. Allowed Orpheus to pass, being charmed by the sound of his lyre. CERCOPES. Droll and thievish gnomes, who robbed Heracles in his sleep. CERCYON. King of Eleusis, wrestled with all strangers, killing those whom he overcame. Theseus threw and killed him. CERYCES. 'Heralds.' A priestly family at Athens. CHAEREPHON. _See_ SOCRATES. CHAERONEA. Here Philip defeated the Athenians and Boeotians, and ended the liberty of Greece, 338 B.C. CHALDEANS. In general, Babylonians; in particular, wizards. CHARES. Athenian general, one of the commanders at Chaeronea. CHARMIDES. A favourite pupil of Socrates. CHARON. The ferryman of Hades, who conducts the souls of the dead across Styx and Acheron. CHAROPUS. 'Bright-eyed,' father of the beautiful Nireus. CHIMERA. _See_ BELLEROPHON. CHIRON. A wise centaur who taught Achilles. CHRYSES. Trojan priest of Apollo, whose daughter Chryseis was taken by the Greeks and given to Agamemnon. When he asked her from Agamemnon and was refused, he appealed to Apollo. CHRYSIPPUS. 280-207 B.C. Regarded as the chief of the Stoic school, which see, though Zeno was the actual founder. Chrys-= gold-. As to Lucian's thrice-repeated allusion to his hellebore treatment, nothing seems to be known; it was a recognized cure for madness; perhaps he took it to cure himself of care for the ordinary human objects of pursuit. CINYRAS. Son of Apollo, priest of Aphrodite, and father of Adonis. CLEANTHES. Stoic philosopher. Lucian's account of his death in _The Runaways_ seems incorrect. Having been told to abstain from food for two days to cure an ulcer, he said that as he had advanced so far towards death, it was a pity to have the trouble over again, and continued to abstain till he died. CLEARCHUS. Spartan commander of the ten thousand Greek mercenaries employed by Cyrus the younger; their retreat under Xenophon is described in the _Anabasis_. CLEON. A bellicose Athenian demagogue in the Peloponnesian war; also employed as a general. CLINIAS. Father of Alcibiades. CLITUS. _See_ ALEXANDER (1). CLOTHO. _See_ FATES. CLOUD-CUCKOO-LAND. A town built by the Birds, in Aristophanes's play of that name. CLYMENE. Wife of Helius. CLYTEMNESTRA. Wife and murderer of Agamemnon, slain in revenge by her own son Orestes. COCYTUS. 'Wailing,' one of the rivers of Hades.