Chios (kee´-os): an Aegean island. 3.172.
Chloris (klor´-is): wife of Neleus and mother of Nestor. 11.282.
Chromios (krom´-ee-os): son of Neleus and Chloris. 11.287.
Cicones (si´-koh-neez): Trojan allies in Thrace, north of Troy. 9.41.
Cimmerians (sim-air´-ee-anz): a people living near the land of the dead. 11.13.
Circe (sur´-see): daughter of Helius, the Sun God, and a sea nymph (Perse); she lives on the island of Aeaea and has magical powers, especially the ability to change humans into animals. 8.448.
Clitus (klee´-tus): human son of Mantius, taken by the goddess Dawn. 15.251.
Clymene (kli´-men-ee): the name of several mythical characters, including an Amazon, a Titan, and a sea-nymph; it is not clear which is meant. 11.328.
Clytemnestra (kli-tem-nes´-trah): twin sister of Helen; daughter of Zeus and Leda; wife of Agamemnon. 3.263.
Clytius (kli´-tee-us): father of Piraeus. 16.328.
Clytoneus (kli-toh´-nee-us): son of Alcinous and Arete, and the brother of Nausicaa. 8.119.
Cocytus (ko´-see-tus): a river in the land of the dead, literally meaning “lamentation.” 10.514.
Corax (kor´-ax): a rock in Ithaca; since the name means “raven,” presumably it is a black rock. 13.408.
Cratais (kra´-tais): a sea monster; mother of Scylla. The name suggests “Force.” 12.125.
Creon (kree´-on): king of Thebes, and the father of Megara. 11.270.
Cretheus (kree´-thee-us): husband of Tyro. 11.236.
Cronus (kro´-nus): a titan-god; son of Uranus and father of Zeus. Cronus castrated Uranus with a sickle and overthrew him. Cronus had many children by his wife, Rhea, and ate them all, because they were destined to overthrow him. But Rhea hid Zeus, who grew up, freed his siblings from his father’s belly, and killed him and the other titans—beginning the reign of the Olympian gods. 1.386.
Crouni (kroo´-nee): a place-name meaning “streams”; location unknown. 15.294.
Ctesippus (ktee-si´-pus): one of Penelope’s suitors; killed by Philoetius. 20.288.
Ctesius (ktee´-see-us): father of Eumaeus, and the king of the two provinces of Syria. 15.413.
Ctimene (kti´-men-ee): younger sister of Odysseus. 15.363.
Cyclopes (sai´-klo-peez): a race of one-eyed giants. Their name suggests “round-eyed” or “round-faced. 1.71.
Cydonians (si-doh´-nee-ans): a people from northwest Crete. 3.291.
Cyprus (sai´-prus): a large island in the eastern Mediterranean. 4.82.
Cythera (si´-the-ra): an island south of Cape Malea, at the southeastern tip of the Peloponnese. 9.82.
Deiphobus (day-if´-o-bus): son of Priam; killed by Odysseus and Menelaus during the sack of Troy. According to some traditions, he married Helen after the death of Paris. 4.276.
Delos (dee´-los): one of the Cycladic islands in the Aegean; sacred to Apollo, it is the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. 6.162.
Demeter (de-mee´-ter): the goddess of agriculture and the harvest; daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and mother of Persephone. 5.125.
Demodocus (de-mod´-o-kus): the court bard of the Phaeacians. 8.44.
Demoptolemus (day-mop-tol´-e-mus): one of Penelope’s suitors, killed by Odysseus. 22.241.
Deucalion (dew-kayl´-ee-on): king of Crete; son of Minos; father of Idomeneus and Aethon, whose identity Odysseus assumes. 19.181.
Día (dee´-a): an island in the Aegean Sea, off the northern coast of Crete. 11.326.
Diocles (dai´-o-kleez): king of Pherae; son of Ortilochus and grandson of Alpheus. 3.488.
Diomedes (dai-o-mee´-deez): son of Tydeus, king of Argos; he fought on the side of the Greeks in the Trojan War. 3.167.
Dionysus (dai-o-nai´-sus): the god of wine; son of Zeus and Semele. 11.327.
Dmetor (dmee´-tor): king of Cyprus to whom Odysseus, in diguise, claims to have been enslaved. 17.444.
Dolius (do´-lee-us): an Ithacan herdsman, and the father of Melantho and Melanthius. 4.734.
Dorians (dor´-ee-ans): one of the major ethnic and linguistic subgroups into which the archaic Greeks classified themselves. Dorians are included in the list of tribes that inhabit Crete. 19.177.
Dulichium (doo-lik´-ee-um): one of the islands under Odysseus’ rule, mentioned together with Same, Zacynthus, and Ithaca; its precise location has been debated since antiquity. 1.246.
Dymas (doo´-mas): Phaeacian sailor; father of Nausicaa’s unnamed friend. 6.23.
Echeneus (ek-ee´-nee-us): Phaeacian elder. 7.155.
Echephron (ek´-e-fron): one of Nestor’s sons. 3.412.
Echetus (ek´-e-tus): king in mainland Greece, infamous for his cruelty. 18.84.
Eidothea (ay-do´-thee-a): a sea-nymph; she helps Menelaus and his men escape from Egypt by explaining how to capture her father, Proteus. 4.363.
Eileithyia (ay-lay-thwee´-a): the goddess associated with childbirth. 19.191.
Elatreus (e-lat´-ree-us): Phaeacian nobleman who excels at discus throwing. His name means “Driver.” 8.109.
Elatus (e´-lat-us): one of Penelope’s suitors; killed by Eumaeus. 22.268.
Elis (el´-is): an area in the northwestern Peloponnese. 4.636.
Elpenor (el-pee´-nor): crewmate of Odysseus who dies after he falls drunkenly from an upper room in Circe’s house. His is the first shade Odysseus encounters in Hades. He asks Odysseus and his men to return to Aeaea to bury him, which they do at the beginning of Book 12. 11.50.
Elysium (e-lis´-ee-um): a paradise inhabited after death by the most famous Greek warriors. 4.562.
Enipeus (e-nip-ee´-us): a river and a river god with whom Tyro fell in love. Ancient scholars placed the river in Thessaly or Elis. 11.237.
Epeians (e-pee´-ans): a group of people that rules Elis, in the northwestern Peloponnese. 13.276.
Epeius (e-pee´-us): son of Panopeus, who built the Trojan Horse with Athena’s help. 8.494.
Eperitus (e-pe-ree´-tus): fictional name of Odysseus, suggesting “Picked” or “Chosen.” 24.306.
Ephialtes (ef-ee-alt´-eez): giant; son of Iphimedeia and Poseidon. With his brother, Otus, he waged war with the Olympians and was killed by Apollo. 11.309.