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CAANTHUS (Kaanthos)
-A son of the Titan Oceanus who was slain by Apollo in a contest for the love of the nymph Melia.
CABEIRI (Kabeiroi)
-Twin gods of the Mysteries of the island of Samothrace.
CABEIRIDES (Kabeirides)
-Nymphs of the Cabeirian Mysteries of the Greek island of Samothrace.
CABEIRO (Kabeiro)
-A sea-nymph loved by the divine smith Hephaestus.
CACIA (Kakia)
-The female personification of vice.
CACUS (Kakos)
-A fire-breathing Italian giant slain by Heracles.
CADMILUS (Kadmilos)
-A rustic deity who fathered the Cabeiri twins.
CAECIUS (Kaikias)
- The god of the north-east wind.
CAECUS (Kaikos)
-A river of Teuthrania and its watery god.
CAERUS (Kairos)
-The god of opportunity.
CALIADNE (Kaliadne)
-An Egyptian Naiad-nymph.
CALOCAGATHIA (Kalokagathia)
-The female personification of nobility.
CALLIGENEIA (Kalligeneia)
-A goddess of the Eleusinian Mysteries who was the nurse of the young Persephone.
CALLIOPE (Kalliope)
-The eldest of the nine Muses. She presided over epic poetry.
CALLIRHOE (1) (Kallirhoe)
-The Oceanid wife of the giant Chrysaor who begged her son Geryon not to fight Heracles.
CALLIRHOE (2) (Kallirroe)
-A Naiad-nymph daughter of the river Achelous who married the hero Alcmaeon. She demanded the famed necklace of Harmonia for a bridal gift--a cursed piece of jewelry which would doom their family.
CALLIRHOE (3) (Kallirhoe)
-A Naiad daughter of the river Scamander who married one of the kings of Troy.
CALLISTE (Kalliste)
-A sea-nymph daughter of Triton who was the goddess of the small island of Calliste.
CALLITHYIA (Kallithyia)
-A Naiad daughter of the river-god Inachus who established the ancient cult of Hera in Argos.
CALYBE (Kalybe)
-A rustic nymph loved by the Trojan king Laomedon.
CALYDONIAN BOAR (Hus Kalydonios)
-A giant boar sent by Artemis to ravage the land of Aetolia as punishment for the offences of its king. It was slain by a band of mighty heroes led by Meleager.
CALYPSO (Kalypso)
-The goddess-nymph of the island Ogygia who detained the hero Odysseus for many years.
CAMARINA (Kamarina)
-An Oceanid-nymph who gave her name to the Italian city of Camarina.
CAMPE (Kampe)
-A monstrous she-dragon servant of the Titans who was set to guard the Tartarean prison of the Hecatoncheir- and Cyclops-giants. Zeus slew her to set the brothers free.
CAPHEIRA (Kapheira)
-The sea-nymph nurse of the infant god Poseidon.
CARCINUS (Karkinos)
-A giant crab which came to the aid of the Hydra in its fight with Heracles. The hero crushed it beneath his heel but Hera rewarded it with a place amongst the stars as the constellation Cancer.
CARMANOR (Karmanor)
-A Cretan demigod of the harvest. He was a consort of the goddess Demeter.
CARME (Karme)
-A Cretan goddess-nymph of the summer harvest.
CARMENTIS (Karmentis)
-An Arcadian Naiad loved by the god Hermes whose son Evander migrated to Latium in Italy.
CARPI (Karpoi)
-Gods of the fruits of the earth. They were depicted as infants frolicking in the company of Mother Gaea (the Earth).
