Cephēis, a name given to Andromeda as daughter of Cepheus. Ovid, Ars Amatoria, bk. 1, li. 193.
Cephēnes, an ancient name of the Persians. Herodotus, bk. 7, ch. 61.——A name of the Æthiopians, from Cepheus, one of their kings. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 5, li. 1.
Cēpheus, a king of Æthiopia, father of Andromeda by Cassiope. He was one of the Argonauts, and was changed into a constellation after his death. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 4, li. 669; bk. 5, li. 12.—Pausanias, bk. 4, ch. 35; bk. 8, ch. 4.—Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 9; bk. 2, chs. 1, 4, & 7; bk. 3, ch. 9, mentions one, son of Aleus, and another, son of Belus. The former he makes king of Tegea and father of Sterope; and says that he, with his 12 sons, assisted Hercules in a war against Hippocoon, where they were killed. The latter he calls king of Æthiopia and father of Andromeda.——A son of Lycurgus, present at the chase of the Calydonian boar. Apollodorus, bk. 1, ch. 8.
Cephīsia, a part of Attica, through which the Cephisus flows. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 7.
Cephīsiădes, a patronymic of Eteocles son of Andreus and Evippe, from the supposition of his being the son of the Cephisus. Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 34.
Cephisidōrus, a tragic poet of Athens in the age of Æschylus.——An historian who wrote an account of the Phocian war.
Cephīsion, the commander of some troops sent by the Thebans to assist Megalopolis, &c. Diodorus, bk. 16.
Cephisodŏtus, a disciple of Isocrates, a great reviler of Aristotle, who wrote a book of proverbs. Athenæus, bk. 2.
Cephīsus and Cephissus, a celebrated river of Greece, that rises at Lilæa in Phocis, and after passing at the north of Delphi and mount Parnassus, enters Bœotia, where it flows into the lake Copais. The Graces were particularly fond of this river, whence they are called the goddesses of the Cephisus. There was a river of the same name in Attica, and another in Argolis. Strabo, bk. 9.—Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 7.—Pausanias, bk. 9, ch. 24.—Homer, Iliad, bk. 2, li. 29.—Lucan, bk. 3, li. 175.—Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 1, li. 369; bk. 3, li. 19.——A man changed into a sea monster by Apollo, when lamenting the death of his grandson. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 7, li. 388.
Cephren, a king of Egypt, who built one of the pyramids. Diodorus, bk. 1.