Children, Roman father had power to make away with, 140; looked upon as an evil, 141; regarded as burdens by Christian ascetics, 180–81; infanticide condemned by Christianity, 188; the fœtus and the soul, 189; “nothoi” in Homer, 193; notable instances, 194; legitimate and illegitimate, 195–7 Christ, his conduct towards women, 148 Christianity, its early influence on Rome, 113; and on marriage, 147; women in the Gospels, 148; reason of St. Paul’s sternness to women, 149; Christian views of morality: Clement of Alexandria, 151; Methodius, 152; various meanings of the term Christianity, 153; women at first prominent in, 154; martyrdom of Blandina, 155; and of Perpetua and Felicitas, 156; position of widows, 158; deaconesses and virgins, 159; women forbidden in the West to teach or baptize, 161; allowed by some Eastern churches to teach, 162; views on slavery, 167; opposite views on marriage, 169; pagan ideas of Christianity, 170; Love-feasts, 172; the “holy kiss,” 173; marriage as a blessing, 175; the ascetic view of marriage, 176–9; of children, 180; of woman’s nature, 181; gold, ornaments, dyed clothes, and mirrors condemned, 186; infanticide condemned, 188; the fœtus and the soul, 189; asceticism and the survival of the unfittest, 190; concubinage of the clergy, 214; influence of Christianity on the position of woman, 248; Bp. Callistus’s views, 249–254. See PAGANISM and RELIGION. Chrysostom, Dio, on women of Tarsus, 150 Cicero, his affection for his daughter, 85; on women in politics, 122–3 Clement of Alexandria, his ‘Pædagogus,’ 151; on kissing, 173; on children, 180; on woman, 183; her duties, 184; her dress, 185–6; on marriage, 239 Cleombrotus, his wife’s faithfulness, 36 Cleomenes, efforts to reform Sparta, 38–40 Cleopatra as ruler, 242 Clytemnestra, reasons why her conduct was condemned, 13 Collyridians, honours paid to the Virgin by, 165 Commodian on feminine adornment, 185 Companion. See HETAIRA. Comparetti, D., on portraits of Sappho, 211 Concubines, their rights in Athens, 51n., 213; the “pallakis” and her children in Homer, 193–7; concubinage among Christian clergy, 214; a “God-loving concubine,” 254. See HETAIRA, MARRIAGE, and WIVES. Conventus Matronarum, its history, 126 Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, her devotion to the State, 120 Cornelia, Pompey’s second wife, her culture, 120 Courtezans in Plautus, their heartlessness, 228, 231; some exceptions, 229–30. See CONCUBINES and HETAIRA. Cratesicleia, her noble conduct, 38–40 Cyprian, on hair dyes, 186; and tinting the eyes, 187