Chalcidĭcus (of Chalcis), an epithet applied to Cumæ in Italy, as built by a colony from Chalcis. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 17.
Chalciœus, a surname of Minerva, because she had a temple at Chalcis in Eubœa. She was also called Chalciotis and Chalcidica.
Chalciŏpe, a daughter of Æetes king of Colchis, who married Phryxus son of Athamas, who had fled to her father’s court for protection. She had some children by Phryxus, and she preserved her life from the avarice and cruelty of her father, who had murdered her husband to obtain the golden fleece. See: [Phryxus]. Ovid, Heroides, poem 17, li. 232.—Hyginus, fable 14, &c.——The mother of Thessalus by Hercules. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 7.——The daughter of Rhexenor, who married Ægeus. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 1.
Chalcis, now Egripo, the chief city of Eubœa, in that part which is nearest to Bœotia. It was founded by an Athenian colony. The island is said to have been anciently joined to the continent in the neighbourhood of Chalcis. There were three other towns of the same name, in Thrace, Acarnania, and Sicily, all belonging to the Corinthians. Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 12.—Strabo, bk. 10.—Pausanias, bk. 5, ch. 23.—Cicero, de Natura Deorum, bk. 3, ch. 10.
Chalcītis, a country of Ionia. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 5.
Chalcŏdon, a son of Ægyptus by Arabia. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 1.——A man of Cos, who wounded Hercules. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 7.——The father of Elephenor, one of the Grecian chiefs in the Trojan war. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 15.——A man who assisted Hercules in his war against Augias. Pausanias, bk. 8, ch. 15.
Chalcon, a Messenian, who reminded Antilochus son of Nestor to be aware of the Æthiopians, by whom he was to perish.
Chalcus, a man made governor of Cyzicus by Alexander. Polyænus.
Chaldæa, a country of Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris. Its capital is Babylon, whose inhabitants were famous for their knowledge of astrology, Cicero, de Divinatione, bk. 1, ch. 1.—Diodorus, bk. 2.—Strabo, bk. 2.—Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 28.
Chaldæi, the inhabitants of Chaldæa.