Caristum, a town of Liguria.
Carmānia, a country of Asia, between Persia and India. Arrian.—Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 23.
Carmānor, a Cretan, who purified Apollo of slaughter. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 30.
Carme, a nymph, daughter of Eubulus and mother of Britomartis by Jupiter. She was one of Diana’s attendants. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 30.
Carmēlus, a god among the inhabitants of [♦]mount Carmel, situate between Syria and Judæa. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 2, ch. 78.—Suetonius, Vespasian, ch. 5.
[♦] ‘muont’ replaced with ‘mount’
Carmenta and Carmentīs, a prophetess of Arcadia, mother of Evander, with whom she came to Italy, and was received by king Faunus, about 60 years before the Trojan war. Her name was Nicostrata, and she received that of Carmentis from the wildness of her looks when giving oracles, as if carens mentis. She was the oracle of the people of Italy during her life, and after death she received divine honours. She had a temple at Rome, and the Greeks offered her sacrifices under the name of Themis. Ovid, Fasti, bk. 1, li. 467; bk. 6, li. 530.—Plutarch, Romulus.—Virgil, Æneid, bk. 8, li. 339.—Livy, bk. 5, ch. 47.
Carmentāles, festivals at Rome in honour of Carmenta, celebrated the 11th of January, near the Porta Carmentalis, below the Capitol. This goddess was entreated to render the Roman matrons prolific, and their labours easy. Livy, bk. 1, ch. 7.
Carmentālis porta, one of the gates of Rome in the neighbourhood of the Capitol. It was afterwards called Scelerata, because the Fabii passed through it on going to that famous expedition where they perished. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 8, li. 338.
Carmides, a Greek of an uncommon memory. Pliny, bk. 7, ch. 24.