Bulfinch’s Mythology

founder of city of New Troy (London). See Pandrasus.

Bryan

(Bryˈan), Sir, a knight of Arthur.

Buddha

(Budˈdha), 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 562⁠–⁠482 BC.

Bull

(Bull), constellation.

Byblos

(Bybˈlos), in Egypt.

Byrsa

(Byrˈsa), original site of Carthage.

C

Cacus

(Caˈcus), gigantic son of Vulcan, slain by Hercules, whose captured cattle he stole.

Cadmus

(Cadˈmus), 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

(Ca-duˈce-us), Mercury’s staff.

Cadwallo

(Cad-walˈlo), King of Venedotia (North Wales).

Caerleon

(Caer-leˈon), traditional seat of Arthur’s court.

Caesar

(Caeˈsar), Julius, Roman lawyer, general, statesman and author, conquered and consolidated Roman territory, making possible the Empire.

Caicus

(Ca-iˈcus), a Greek river.

Cairns

(Cairns), Druidical stone-piles.

Calais

(Calˈais), French town facing England.

Calchas

(Calˈchas), wisest soothsayer among the Greeks at Troy.

Caliburn

(Calˈi-burn), a sword of Arthur.

Calliope

(Cal-liˈo-pe), one of the nine Muses.

Callisto

(Cal-lisˈto), an Arcadian nymph, mother of Arcas (See Boötes), changed by Jupiter to constellation Ursa Minor.

Calpe

(Calˈpe), a mountain in the south of Spain, on the strait between the Atlantic and Mediterranean, now Rock of Gibraltar.

Calydon

(Calˈy-don), home of Meleager.

Calypso

(Ca-lypˈso), queen of Island of Ogyia, where Ulysses was wrecked and held seven years.

Camber

(Camˈber), son of Brutus, governor of West Albion (Wales).

Camelot

(Camˈe-lot), legendary place in England where Arthur’s court and palace were located.

Camenae

(Ca-meˈnae), prophetic nymphs, belonging to the religion of ancient Italy.

Camilla

(Ca-milˈla), Volscian maiden, huntress and Amazonian warrior, favorite of Diana.

Camlan

(Camˈlan), battle of, where Arthur was mortally wounded.

Canterbury

(Canˈter-bury), English city.

Capaneus

(Capˈa-neus), husband of Evadne, slain by Jupiter for disobedience.

Capet

(Caˈpet), Hugh, King of France (987⁠–⁠996 AD).

Caradoc Briefbras

(Carˈa-doc Briefˈbras), Sir, great-nephew of King Arthur.

Carahue

(Carˈa-hue), King of Mauretania.

Carthage

(Carˈthage), African city, home of Dido.

Cassandra

(Cas-sanˈdra), daughter of Priam and Hecuba, and twin-sister of Helenus, a prophetess, who foretold the coming of the Greeks but was not believed.

Cassibellaunus

(Cas-si-bel-launˈus), British chieftain, fought but not conquered by Caesar.

Cassiopeia

(Cas-si-o-peˈia), mother of Andromeda.

Castalia

(Cas-taˈli-a), fountain of Parnassus, giving inspiration to Oracular priestess named Pythia.

Castalian Cave

(Cas-taˈlian Cave), oracle of Apollo.

Castor and Pollux: the Dioscuri

(Casˈtor and Polˈlux⁠—the Dioscuri), sons of Jupiter and Leda⁠—Castor a horseman, Pollux a boxer. See Gemini.

Caucasus

(Cauˈca-sus), Mount.

Cavall

(Ca-vallˈ), Arthur’s favorite dog.

Caÿster

(Ca-ysˈter), ancient river.

Cebriones

(Ce-briˈo-nes), Hector’s charioteer.

Cecrops

(Ceˈcrops), first king of Athens.

Celestials

(Ce-lesˈtials), gods of classic mythology.

Celeus

(Ceˈle-us), shepherd who sheltered Ceres, seeking Proserpine, and whose infant son Triptolemus was in gratitude made great by Ceres.

Cellini

(Cel-liˈni), Benvenuto, famous Italian sculptor and artificer in metals.

Celtic nations

(Celtˈic nations), ancient Gauls and Britons, modern Bretons, Welsh, Irish and Gaelic Scotch.

Centaurs

(Cenˈtaurs), originally an ancient race, inhabiting Mount Pelion in Thessaly; in later accounts represented as half horses and half men, and said to have been the offspring of Ixion and a cloud.

Cephalus

(Cephˈa-lus), husband of beautiful but jealous Procris.

Cepheus

(Ceˈphe-us), King of Ethiopians, father of Andromeda.

Cephisus

(Cephˈi-sus), a Grecian stream.

Cerberus

(Cerˈbe-rus), three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades; called a son of Typhaon and Echidna.

Ceres

(Ceˈres) See Demeter.

Cestus

(Cesˈtus), the girdle of Venus.

Ceyx

(Ceˈyx), King of Thessaly. See Halcyone.

Chaos

(Chaˈos), original Confusion, personified by Greeks as most ancient of the gods.

Charlemagne

(Charˈle-magne), king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans.

Charles Martel

(Charles Mar-telˈ), king of the Franks, grandfather of Charlemagne, called Martel (the Hammer) from his defeat of the Saracens at Tours.

Charlot

(Charˈlot), son of Charlemagne.

Charon

(Chaˈron), son of Erebos, conveyed in his boat the shades of the dead across the rivers of the lower world.

Charybdis

(Cha-rybˈdis), whirlpool near the coast of Sicily. See Scylla.

Chimaera

(Chi-maeˈra), a fire-breathing monster, the fore part of whose body was that of a lion, the hind part that of a dragon, and the middle that of a goat, slain by Bellerophon.

Chios

(Chiˈos), island in the Grecian archipelago.

Chiron

(Chiˈron), wisest of all the Centaurs, son of Cronos (Saturn) and Philyra, lived on Mount Pelion, instructor of Grecian heroes.

Chryseis

(Chry-seˈis), Trojan maid, taken by Agamemnon.

Chryses

(Chryˈses), priest of Apollo, father of Chryseis.

Ciconians

(Ci-coˈni-ans), inhabitants of Ismarus, visited by Ulysses.

Cimbri

(Cimˈbri), an ancient people of Central Europe.

Cimmeria

(Cim-meˈri-a), a land of darkness.

Cimon

(Ciˈmon), Athenian general.

Circe

(Cirˈce), sorceress, sister of Aeetes.

Cithaeron

(Ci-thaeˈron), Mount, scene of Bacchic worship.

Clarimunda

(Clar-i-munˈda), wife of Huon.

Clio

(Cliˈo), one of the Muses.

Cloridan

(Clorˈi-dan), a Moor.

Clotho

(Cloˈtho), one of the Fates.

Clymene

(Clymˈe-ne), an ocean nymph.

Clytemnestra

(Cly-tem-nesˈtra), wife of Agamemnon, killed by Orestes.

Clytie

(Clyˈtie), a water-nymph, in love with Apollo.

Cnidos

(Cniˈdos), ancient city of Asia Minor, seat of worship of Aphrodite (Venus).

Cockatrice or Basilisk

(Cockˈa-trice (or Basilisk)), called King of Serpents, supposed to kill with its look.

Cocytus

(Co-cyˈtus), a river of Hades.

Colchis

(Colˈchis), a kingdom east of the Black Sea.

Colophon

(Colˈo-phon), one of the seven cities claiming the birth of Homer.

Columba

(Co-lumˈba), St., an Irish Christian missionary to