Chenæ, a village on mount Œta. Pausanias, bk. 10, ch. 24.
Chenion, a mountain in Asia Minor, from which the 10,000 Greeks first saw the sea. Diodorus, bk. 14.
Chenius, a mountain near Colchis.
Cheops and Cheospes, a king of Egypt, after Rhampsinitus, who built famous pyramids, upon which 1060 talents were expended only in supplying the workmen with leeks, parsley, garlic, and other vegetables. Herodotus, bk. 2, ch. 124.
Chephren, a brother of Cheops, who also built a pyramid. The Egyptians so inveterately hated these two royal brothers, that they publicly reported, that the pyramids which they had built had been erected by a shepherd. Herodotus, bk. 2, ch. 127.
Cheremocrătes, an artist who built Diana’s temple at Ephesus, &c. Strabo, bk. 14.
Cherisŏphus, a commander of 800 Spartans, in the expedition which Cyrus undertook against his brother Artaxerxes. Diodorus, bk. 14.
Cheronæa. See:[Chæronea].
Cherŏphon, a tragic writer of Athens, in the age of Philip. Philostratus, Lives.
Cherronēsus. See: [Chersonesus].