Ceădes, a Thracian, whose son Euphemus was concerned in the Trojan war. Homer, Iliad, bk. 2.
Ceba, now Ceva, a town of modern Piedmont, famous for cheese. Pliny, bk. 11, ch. 42.
Ceballīnus, a man who gave information of the snares laid against Alexander. Diodorus, bk. 17.—Curtius, bk. 6, ch. 7.
Cebarenses, a people of Gaul. Pausanias, bk. 1, ch. 36.
Cebenna, mountains of Gaul, now the Cevennes, separating the Arverni from the Helvii, extending from the Garonne to the Rhone. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 7, ch. 8.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 5.
Cebes, a Theban philosopher, one of the disciples of Socrates, B.C. 405. He attended his learned preceptor in his last moments, and distinguished himself by three dialogues that he wrote; but more particularly by his tables, which contain a beautiful and affecting picture of human life, delineated with accuracy of judgment and great splendour of sentiment. Little is known of the character of Cebes from history. Plato mentions him once, and Xenophon the same, but both in a manner which conveys most fully the goodness of his heart and the purity of his morals. The best editions of Cebes are those of Gronovius, 8vo, 1689; and Glasgow, 12mo, 1747.
Cebren, the father of Asterope. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 21.
Cebrēnia, a country of Troas with a town of the same name, called after the river Cebrenus, which is in the neighbourhood. Œnone the daughter of the Cebrenus receives the patronymic of Cebrenis. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 11, li. 769.—Statius, bk. 1, Sylvæ, bk. 5, li. 21.
Cebriŏnes, one of the giants conquered by Venus.——An illegitimate son of Priam, killed with a stone by Patroclus. Homer, Iliad.
Cebrus, now Zebris, a river falling in a southern direction into the Danube, and dividing Lower from Upper Mœsia.