Camīrus and Camīra, a town of Rhodes, which received its name from Camirus, a son of Hercules and Iole. Homer, Iliad, bk. 2, li. 163.

Camissares, a governor of part of Cilicia, father to Datames. Cornelius Nepos, Datames.

Camma, a woman of Calatia, who avenged the death of her husband Sinetus upon his murderer Sinorix, by making him drink in a cup, of which the liquor was poisoned, on pretence of marrying him, according to the custom of their country, which required that the bridegroom and his bride should drink out of the same vessel. She escaped by refusing to drink on pretence of illness. Polyænus, bk. 8.

Camœnæ, a name given to the muses from the sweetness and melody of their songs, à cantu amæno, or, according to Varro, from carmen. Varro, de Lingua Latina, bk. 5, ch. 7.

Campāna lex, or Julian agrarian law, was enacted by Julius Cæsar, A.U.C. 691, to divide some lands among the people.

Campānia, a country of Italy, of which Capua was the capital, bounded by Latium, Samnium, Picenum, and part of the Mediterranean sea. It is celebrated for its delightful views, and for its fertility. Capua is often called Campana urbs. Strabo, bk. 5.—Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, ch. 35.—Justin, bk. 20, ch. 1; bk. 22, ch. 1.—Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 5.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 4.—Florus, bk. 1, ch. 16.

Campe, kept the 100 handed monsters confined in Tartarus. Jupiter killed her, because she refused to give them their liberty to come to his assistance against the Titans. Hesiod, Theogony, li. 500.—Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 2.

Campaspe, or Pancaste, a beautiful concubine of Alexander, whom the king gave to Apelles, who had fallen in love with her, as he drew her picture in her naked charms. It is said that from this beauty the painter copied the thousand charms of his Venus Anadyomene. Pliny, bk. 35, ch. 10.

Campi Diomēdis, a plain situate in Apulia. Martial, bk. 13, ltr. 93.

Campsa, a town near Pallene. Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 123.