Cli′o. One of the Muses, daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. She presided over history.
Cloaci′na. The Roman goddess of sewers.
Clo′tho was one of the Fates. She was present at births, and held the distaff from which was spun the thread of life. See Atropos and Lachesis.
Clowns of Ly′cia, The, were changed into frogs by Latona, because they refused to allow her to drink at one of their streamlets.
Clu′aci′na. A name of Venus, given to her at the time of the reconciliation of the Romans and the Sabines, which was ratified near a statue of the goddess.
Cly′temnes′tra, wife of Agamemnon, slew her husband and married Ægisthus. She attempted to kill her son Orestes, but he was delivered by his sister Electra, who sent him away to Strophius. He afterwards returned and slew both Clytemnestra and Ægisthus.
Clyt′ie. A nymph who got herself changed into a sunflower because her love of Apollo was unrequited. In the form of this flower she is still supposed to be turning towards Sol, a name of Apollo.
Cneph. In Egyptian mythology the creator of the universe.
Cocy′tus, the river of Lamentation. One of the five rivers of the infernal regions.
“Infernal rivers that disgorge