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Cabirus of Sestos, ally of the Troyans, killed by Sthenelus
Cadmus, son of Agenor, brother of Europa; founder of Thebes
Calais, son of Boreas and Oreithyia
Calchas, son of Thestor, the seer who accompanied the Greeks on their
expedition against Troy
Caletor, a Troyan, son of Clytius, killed by Hector
Callirrhoe, daughter of Achelons, wife of Alcmaeon
Calypso, a nymph, daughter of Atlas, who entertained Odysseus on her
island of Ogygia for several years
Capaneus, son of Hipponous, father of Sthenelus; one of the Seven against
Thebes
Cassandra, daughter of Priam and Hecuba; a seeress, granted the gift of
prophecy by Apollo
Castor, son of Tyndareus and Leda, brother of Helen. Castor and his
brother Polydeuces together were known as the Dioscuri (by one branch of
tradition they were the sons of Zeus) or the Tyndaridae
Cebriones, son of Priam, charioteer of Hector, killed by Patroclus Cepheus, king of Arcadia, son of Lycurgus Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, father of Andromeda
Cerberus, the three-headed dog, off-spring of Typhon and Echidna, who
guarded the gate to the underworld Cercyon, son of Poseidon, who lived at Eleusis and compelled all passers-by
to wrestle with him Ceto, daughter of Pontus and Gaea, mother of the
Graeae, the Gorgons, and the dragon Lailon Ceyx, king of Trachis, friend
and companion of Heracles Chalciope, daughter of Aeetes, sister of Medea Chariclo, mother of Tiresias
Charts, one of the Graces, wife of Hephaestus, according to one branch of
tradition Charybdis, a
deep and yawning cavern in the straits between Sicily and Italy, said to suck in
and spew forth the waves of the sea three times a day Chimaera, a firebreathing monster, offspring of Typhon and Echidna, with the
head of a lion, middle body of a goat, and tail of a snake Chiron, a centaur, half man, half horse, teacher of young heroes Chromius, a Mysian, ally of the Troyans Chromius, son of Priam, killed by Diomedes Chrysaor, a monster, offspring of Poseidon and Medusa, brother of Pegasus Chryseis, daughter of Chryses the priest of Apollo, war prize of Agamemnon,
who refused to give her up to her father and so brought the wrath of Apollo on
the Greeks Chryses, priest of Apollo, father of Chryseis Chrysippus, son of Pelops and the nymph Axioche, carried off by Laius Chrysothemis, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytaemnestra, sister of Electra and
Orestes Circe, daughter of
Helios and Perse, sister of Aeetes; a sorceress who turned men into animals
Cleobulus, a Troyan, killed by Ajax the Less
Cleodaeus, son of Hyllus and Iole, grandson of Heracles; father of
Aristomachus
CIeodorus, a Rhodian, son ot Lernus and Amphiale, killed by Paris
Cleopatra, daughter of Boreas, wife of Phineus Clite, daughter of Merops, wife of Cyzicus king of the Doliones Clitus, a Troyan, son of Peisenor, killed by Teucer Clonia, an Amazon, one of the followers of Penthesilea Clonius, son of Alegenor, leader of the Boeotians, killed by Agenor Clotho, one of the Fates, who spins the thread of life Clymene, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, mother of Phaethon by Apollo Clymene, one of the handmaids of Helen Clytaemnestra, daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, wife of Agamemnon, mother of
Orestes and Electra; she killed her husband and was in turn killed by her son Clytius, son of Eurytus and Antiope, one of the Argonauts Clytius, one of the giants, killed by Hephaestus in the battle between the
giants and the Olympian gods Clytius, son of Alcmaeon,
grandson of Amphiaraus Clytius, son of Laomedon, brother of Priam, one of the Troyan elders Clytoneus, son of Alcinous king of the Phaeacians Cocalus, king of Sicily Coeranus, an Argive, charioteer of Meriones, killed by Hector
Coon, a Troyan, son of Antenor, killed by Agamemnon Copreus, son of Pelops, servant of Eurystheus Coroebus, a Phrygian, son of Mygdon, suitor of Cassandra, killed by Diomedes
Cratos, the personification of force, son of Pallas and the river Styx
Creon, king of Corinth, father of Glauce Creon, king of Thebes, son of Menoeceus,
great-grandson of Pentheus, brother of Jocasta, uncle of Antigone, Eteocles, and
Polynices
Crespliontes, son of Aristomachus,
one of the descendants of Heracles
Cretheus, founder and ruler of
lolcus father of Aeson and Pelias, grandfather of Jason
Crethon, an Argive, son of Diodes
of Pherae
Creusa, daughter of Erectheus,
mother of Ion by Apollo.
Creusa, daughter of Priam, wife ot
Aeneas
Cronus (Saturn), youngest son of
Uranus and Gaea; he mutilated and overthrew his father, and was in turn
overthrown by bis son Zeus
Ctesippus, one of Penelope's
suitors
Ctesius, son of Ormenus, father of
Eumaeus
Ctimene, daughter of Anticlea,
sister of Odysseus
Cyclops see Polyphemus
Cycnus, son of Ares and Pyrene,
killed by Heracles
Cycnus, king of Colonae, son of
Poseidon, ally of Troy, invulnerable and of great strength
Cyllarus, a young centaur, killed
at the wedding feast of Pirithous with his beloved, Hylonome
Cypselus, king of Arcadia, son of
Aepytus
Cystous, king of the Doliones, son
of Aeneus and Aenete
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