Coraxi, a people of Colchis. Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 5.
Corbeus, a Gaul, &c. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 8, ch. 6.
Corbis and Orsua, two brothers, who fought for the dominion of a city, in the presence of Scipio, in Spain. Livy, bk. 28, ch. 21.—Valerius Maximus, bk. 9, ch. 11.
Corbŭlo Domitius, a prefect of Belgium, who, when governor of Syria, routed the Parthians, destroyed Artaxata, and made Tigranes king of Armenia. Nero, jealous of his virtues, ordered him to be murdered; and Corbulo hearing this, fell upon his sword, exclaiming, “I have well deserved this!” A.D. 66. His name was given to a place (Monumentum) in Germany, which some suppose to be modern Groningen. Tacitus, Annals, bk. 11, ch. 18.
Corcȳra, an island in the Ionian sea, about 12 miles from Buthrotum, on the coast of Epirus; famous for the shipwreck of Ulysses, and the gardens of Alcinous. It has been successively Drepane, Scheria, and Phæacia, and now bears the name of Corfu. Some Corinthians, with Chersicrates at their head, came to settle there, when banished from their country, 703 years before the christian era. A colony of Colchis had settled there 1349 years before Christ. The war which was carried on by the Athenians against the Corcyreans, and was called Corcyrean, became but a preparation for the Peloponnesian war. The people of Corcyra were once so hated by the Cretans, that such as were found on the island of Crete were always put to death. Ovid, Ibis, li. 512.—Homer, Odyssey, bk. 5, &c.—Lucan, bk. 9, li. 32.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 7.—Pliny, bk. 4, ch. 12.—Strabo, bk. 6.
Cordŭba, now Cordova, a famous city of Hispania Bætica, the native place of both the Senecas and of Lucan. Martial, bk. 1, ltr. 62.—Mela, bk. 2, ch. 6.—Cæsar, Alexandrine War, ch. 57.—Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 1.
Cordyla, a port of Pontus, supposed to give its name to a peculiar sort of fishes caught there (Cordylæ). Pliny, bk. 9, ch. 15.—Martial, bk. 13, ltr. 1.
Core, a daughter of Ceres, the same as Proserpine. Festivals called Coreia were instituted to her honour in Greece.
Coressus, a hill near Ephesus. Herodotus, bk. 5, ch. 100.
Corĕsus, a priest of Bacchus at Calydon in Bœotia, who was deeply enamoured of the nymph Callirhoe, who treated him with disdain. He complained to Bacchus, who visited the country with a pestilence. The Calydonians were directed by the oracle to appease the god by sacrificing Callirhoe on his altar. The nymph was led to the altar, and Coresus, who was to sacrifice her, forgot his resentment, and stabbed himself. Callirhoe, conscious of her ingratitude to the love of Coresus, killed herself on the brink of a fountain, which afterwards bore her name. Pausanias, bk. 7, ch. 21.