Chrysorhoas, a river of Peloponnesus. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 31.
Chrysorrhōæ, a people in whose country are golden streams.
Chrysostom, a bishop of Constantinople, who died A.D. 407, in his 53rd year. He was a great disciplinarian, and by severely lashing the vices of his age, he procured himself many enemies. He was banished for opposing the raising of a statue to the empress, after having displayed his abilities as an elegant preacher, a sound theologian, and a faithful interpreter of Scripture. Chrysostom’s works were nobly and correctly edited, without a Latin version, by Saville, 8 vols., folio, Etonæ, 1613. They have appeared with a translation, at Paris, editor, Benedictine Montfaucon, 13 vols., folio, 1718
Chrysothĕmis, a name given by Homer to Iphigenia daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra.——A Cretan, who first obtained the poetical prize at the Pythian games. Pausanias, bk. 10, ch. 7.
Chryxus, a leader of the Boii, grandson to Brennus, who took Rome. Silius Italicus, bk. 4, li. 148.
Chthonia, a daughter of Erechtheus, who married Butes. Apollodorus, bk. 3, ch. 15.——A surname of Ceres, from a temple built to her by Chthonia, at Hermione. She had a festival there called by the same name, and celebrated every summer. During the celebration, the priests of the goddess marched in procession, accompanied by the magistrates, and a crowd of women and boys in white apparel, with garlands of flowers on their heads. Behind was dragged an untamed heifer, just taken from the herd. When they came to the temple, the victim was let loose, and four old women armed with scythes sacrificed the heifer, and killed her by cutting her throat. A second, a third, and a fourth victim were in a like manner despatched by the old women; and it was observable that they all fell on the same side. Pausanias, bk. 2, ch. 35.
Chthonius, a centaur, killed by Nestor in a battle at the nuptials of Pirithous. Ovid, Metamorphoses, bk. 12, li. 441.——One of the soldiers who sprang from the dragon’s teeth sown by Cadmus. Hyginus, fable 178.——A son of Ægyptus and Calliadne. Apollodorus, bk. 2, ch. 1.
Chitrium, a name given to part of the town of Clazomenæ.
Cibalæ, now Swilei, a town of Pannonia, where Licinius was defeated by Constantine. It was the birthplace of Gratian. Eutropius, bk. 10, ch. 4.—Marcellinus, bk. 30, ch. 24.
Cibarītis, a country of Asia, near the Mæander.