Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Cronus" | Greek | A son of Uråñuś and Ge, and the youngest among the Titans. He was married to Rhea, by whom he became the father of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Cheiron is also called a son of Cronus. Greek |
God name "Cronus/ Kronos/ Kronus/ Chronos/ Chronus" | Greek | A god of & Agriculture who became king of the Titans for a while |
"Ctesius" | Greek | The protector of property, occurs as a surname of Zeus at Phlyus, and of Hermes. Greek |
God name "Cupid" | Greek | Eros, Amor, the god of love, viewed as a chubby little boy, armed with bow and arrows, and often with eyes bandaged. Greek |
"Cupido" | Greece | Like Amor and Voluptas, a modification of the Greek Eros, whose worship was carried to Rome from Greece. |
Hero name "Cyamites" | Greek | The hero of beans, a mysterious being, who had a small sanctuary on the road from Athens to Eleusis. Greek |
Nymph name "Cyane" | Greek | A Sicilian nymph and playmate of Proserpina, who was changed through grief at the loss of Proserpina into a well. Greek |
"Cyanippus a" | Greek | Cyanippus a son of Aegialeus and prince of Argos. Apollodorus calls him a brother of Aegialeus and a son of Adrastus. Greek |
"Cyathus" | Greek | The youthful cup-bearer of Oeneus, was killed by Heracles on account of a fault committed in the discharge of his duty. Greek |
King name "Cychreus or Cenchereus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Salamis, became king of the island of Salamis, which was called after him Cychreia, and which he delivered from a dragon. Greek |
Cyclop name "Cyclopes" | Greek | Cyclopes According to the ancient cosmogonies, the Cyclopes were the sons of Uråñuś and Ge; they belonged to the Titans, and were three in number, whose names were Arges, Steropes, and Brontes, and each of them had only one eye on his forehead. Together with the other Titans, they were cast by their father into Tartarus, but, instigated by their mother, they åśśisted Cronus in usurping the government. |
"Cycnus" | Greek | A son of Apollo by Thyria or Hyria, the daughter of Amphinomus. He was a handsome hunter, living in the district between Pleuron and Calydon, and although beloved by many, repulsed all his lovers. Greek |
King name "Cynortes" | Greek | Or Cynortas, a son of Amyclas by Diomede, and brother of Hyacinthus. After the death of his brother Argalus, he became king of Sparta and father of Oebalus or of Perieres. His tomb was shown at Sparta not far from the Scias. Greek |
Nymph name "Cynosura" | Greek | An Idaean nymph and one of the nurses of Zeus, who placed her among the stars. Greek |
"Cynthia" | Greek / Roman | The moon, a surname of Artemis or Diana. The Roman Diana, who represented the moon, was called Cynthia from Mount Cynthus, where she was born. Greek / Roman |
"Cyparissus" | Greek | A youth of Cea, a son of Telephus, was beloved by Apollo and Zephyrus or Silvåñuś. When he had inadvertently killed his favourite stag, he was seized with immoderate grief, and metamorphosed into a cypress. Greek |
"Cyrene" | Greek | A daughter of Hypseus or Peneius by Chlidanope, a granddaughter of Peneius and Creusa, was beloved by Apollo, who carried her from mount Pelion to Libya, where Gyrene derived its name from her. Greek |
Goddess name "Cythereia" | Greek | Or Cythera, Cytherias, different forms of a surname of Aphrodite, derived from the town of Cythera in Crete, or from the island of Cythera, where the goddess was said to have first landed, and where she had a celebrated temple. Greek |