Chæanitæ, a people at the foot of [♦]Caucasus.
[♦] ‘Causacus’ replaced with ‘Caucasus’
Chæreas, an Athenian who wrote on agriculture.——An officer who murdered Caligula, A.D. 41, to prevent the infamous death which was prepared against himself.——An Athenian, &c. Thucydides, bk. 8, ch. 74, &c.
Chæredemus, a brother of Epicurus, &c. Diogenes Laërtius.
Chærēmon, a comic poet, and disciple of Socrates.——A stoic, who wrote on the Egyptian priests.
Chærĕphon, a tragic poet of Athens, in the age of Philip of Macedonia.
Chærestrăta, the mother of Epicurus, descended of a noble family.
Chærinthus, a beautiful youth, &c. Horace, bk. 1, satire 2, li. 81.
Chærippus, an extortioner, &c. Juvenal, satire 8, li. 96.
Chæro, the founder of Chæronea. Plutarch, Sulla.