Byzeres, a people of Pontus, between Cappadocia and Colchis. Dionysius Periegetes.—Flaccus, bk. 5, li. 153.
Byzes, a celebrated artist in the age of Astyages. Pausanias, bk. 5, ch. 10.
Byzia, a town in the possession of the kings of Thrace, hated by swallows, on account of the horrible crimes of Tereus. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 11.
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Caanthus, a son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was ordered by his father to seek his sister Malia, whom Apollo had carried away, and he burnt in revenge the ravisher’s temple near the [♦]Isthmus. He was killed for this impiety by the god, and a monument was raised to his memory. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 10.
[♦] ‘Ithmus’ replaced with ‘Isthmus’
Cabades, a king of Persia, &c.
Cabăla, a place of Sicily where the Carthaginians were conquered by Dionysius. Diodorus, bk. 15.
Cabāles, a people of Africa. Herodotus.