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Mty obtained at (Enuphytee. (Tkucyd. , 1, 113. ) The
Datlle of Coronea was gained by Agesila-is and the
Spartans against the Thebans and their allies in the
second year of the 96th Olympiad, 394 B. C. (Xen. ,
Hut. dr. , 4, 3, 8, seqq. --PLut. , Vit. Agent. , 17. )
This city was also twice taken by the Phocians under
Onomarchus, and afterward given up to the Thebans
by Philip of Macedon. (Demoslh. , it Pac. , p. 63. --
Philip. , 2, p. 69. ) The Coroneans, in the Macedonian
war, having adhered to the cause of Perses, suffered
seven ly from the resentment of the Romans. (Polyb. ,
27, 1, 8, and 5, 2. --L<<'t>. , 42, 44, and 67. -/(1. , 43,
Suppl. , 1, 2. ) The ruins of Coronea are observable
near the village of Korumis, on a remarkable insulated
hill, where there are "many marbles and inscriptions.
On the summit or acropolis are remains of a very an-
cient polygonal wall, and also a Roman ruin of brick. "
(dell, Ilm. , p. 150. --DodueU, vol. 1, p. 247. )
Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas, and mother of
. <Esculapius by Apollo. She waa put to death by the
god for having proved unfaithful to him, but the off-
spring of her womb was first taken from her and spared.
Vid. ^Esculapius. )
Corsi, I. the inhabitants of Corsica. --II. The in-
habitants of part of northern Sardinia, who came origi-
nally from Corsica. (Mannert, Gcogr. , vol. 9, pt. 2,
p. 479. )
Corsica, an island of the Mediterranean, called by
the Greeks Kvpvoc. Its inhabitants were styled by
the same people Kvpviot; by the Latins, Corsi. In
later times the island took also the name of Corsis.
(17 Kopoic. --Compare Sleph. Byz. , s. v. Kopaic. --
Dionys. Perieg. , v. 459, el Euslath. , ad loc. ) The
ancient writers represent it as mountainous and woody,
and only we! l cultivated along the eastern coast, where
the Romans had settlements. (Dionys. Perieg. , v.
460. ) Its natural products were resin, honey, and
wax. (Diod. Sic, 5, 13. ) The honey, however, had
* bitter taste, in consequence of the bees deriving it
from the yew-trees with which the island abounded.
{Virg. , Eclog. , 9, 30-- Ovid, Am. , I, 12. -- Diotl.
Sic, 5, 14. ) It was to their feeding abundantly on
this honey, however, that the longevity of the Corsi-
-ans was ascribed. (Compare ltus:sth. ad Dionyt.
Perieg. , v. 458. ) The inhabitants were a rude race
of mountaineers, indebted for their subsistence more
to the produce of their flocks than to the cultivation of
the soil. Seneca, who was banished to this quarter in
the reign of Claudius, draws a very unfavourable pic-
lure of the island and its inhabitants; describing the
former as rocky, unproductive, and unhealthy, and the
latter as the worst of barbarians. He writes, however,
under the influence of prejudiced feelings, and many
allowances must be made. (Scncc, de Consul, ad
Helv. , c. 6, 8. ) The Corsi appear to have derived
their origin from Ligurian and Iberian (called by Sen-
eca Spanish) tribes. Eustathius says that a Ligurian
female, named Corsa, having pursued in a small boat
a bull which had taken to the water, accidentally dis-
covered the island, which her countrymen named after
her. (Eustalh. , ad Dionyt. Perieg. , v. 458. --Com-
pare Isidori Origines, 14, 6. ) The Phocaans, on re-
tiring from Asia, settled here for a time, and founded
the city Aleria, but were driven out finally by the Tyr-
rhenians and Carthaginians. (Diod. Sic, 5, 13. )
The Romans took the island from this latter people
B. C. 231, and subsequently two colonies were sent
? ? to it; one by Marius, which founded Mariana, and an-
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Freret {Mem. de VAcad. its. Inter. , etc. , vol. 18, p.
S4). tbe word Cory bas is a Fhrygian one, and refers to
the wild dances in which the Corybantes indulged. --
A>> regards the assertion commonly made, that the Co-
rybantes were originally from Mount Ida, it may be
remarked, that more correct author it es make Phrygia
to have been their native seat. (Ci. mpare Rolle, Re-
aVnhes svr It Culte de Bacchus, vol. 1, p. 246, seqq. )
--The dance of the Corybantes is thought to have
been symbolical of the empire exercised by man over
oiV. ala,as also of the movements of the heavenly bodies.
{Constant, de la Religion, vol. 2, p. 375, seqq. ) The
Corybantes are said to have been the first that turned
their attention to metallurgy. (Sainte Croix, Mys-
teres da Pagomsme, vol. 1, p. 79. )
Ccxyb. is. son of Iasion and Cybele, who introduced
the rites of the mother of the gods into Phrygia, from
tbe island of Samothrace. (Diod. Sic, 5, 49. )
CobtcTdes, a name applied to the nymphs who
were supposed to inhabit the Corycian cave on Mount
Parnassus. They were the daughters of the river-god
Pleistos. {Ovid, Mel. , 1, 8i>>. --Apoll. Rh. , 2, 711.
--Gierig, ad Ovid, I. e. )
CorvcU'm Antrum, I. a cave or grotto on Mount
Parnassus, about two hours from Delphi, and higher
op the mountain. It is accurately described by Pau-
sanias, who states, that it surpassed in extent every
other known cavern, and that it was possible to ad-
vance into the interior without a torch. The roof,
from which an abundance of water trickles, is elevated
far above the floor, and vestiges of the dripping water
(L e. , stalactites) are to be seen attached to it, says
Pauaanias, along the whole extent of the cave. The
inhabitants of Parnassus, he adds, consider it as sa-
cred to the Corycian nymphs and the god Pan. (Pau-
se*. , 10,32. --Compare Strabo, 417. ) Herodotus re-
lates (8, 36), that on the approach of the Persians, the
greater part of the population of Delphi ascended the
mountain, and sought refuge in this capacious recess.
We are indebted for an account of the present state of
this remarkable cave to Mr. Kaikes, who was the first
modem traveller that discovered its sito. He describes
the narrow and low entrance as spreading at once into
; chamber 330 feet long by nearly 200 wide. The
s'alac'. ites from the top hung in the most graceful
forms the whole length of the roof, and fell like dra-
pery down the sides. (Raike's Journal, in Walpole's
Collection, vol. 1, p. 312. )--II. A cave in Cilicia,
near Corycus. ( Vid. Oorycus, II. )
Coif cus, I. a promontory of Ionia, southeast of the
southern extremity of Chios. The high and rugged
coast in this quarter harboured at one time a wild and
daring population, greatly addicted to piracy: and
who, by disguising themselves, and frequenting the
harbours in their vicinity, obtained private information
of the course and freight of any merchant vessel, and
concerted measures for the purpose of intercepting it.
The secrecy with which their intelligence was pro-
cured gave rise to the proverb, Tow d* fio* 6 Kuovkcuoc
qtpo&Xero, "This, then, the Corycian overheard," a
saying that was used in cases where any carefully-
guarded secret had been discovered. (Compare Eras-
ma, Ckil. 1, cent. 2, col. 76. ) Tho modern name of
the ridge of Mount Corycus is the Table. Mountain,
bit the ancient appellation is still preserved in that of
Kourko, which belongs to a bold headland forming the
extreme point of the Erythrean peninsula towards Sa-
? ? moa. Pliny (5, 31) calls it Coryceon Promontorium.
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people of Vo'ti, an Etruscan city, and Virgil haa
named it in the catalogue of the forcea sent by Ktruria
to the kid of itncas" (-Ivi. . 10, 167. ) Cosaa be-
came a Roman colony A. U. C. 480. {VeU. Palerc,
1, 14. --Liv. , Epit. , 14. --Cramer's Anc. Italy, vol.
1, p. 195. )--II. A city of Lucania, in Italy, near the
sources of the river Cylistamus. (Sleph. Hy: , s. v.
Kooaa. ) Ca>sar, who calls it Cosa, states that Titus
Annus Milo was slain before its walls when besieging
the place in Pompey's cause. (Bell. Civ. , 3, 22. )
Cluveriua was nearly correct in his supposition, that
Cassano might occupy the site of this ancient town
(Ital. Ant. , vol. 2, p. 1205), for more modern topog-
raphers have in fact discovered its ruins at Civita, a
village close to the former place. (Anion. , Lncan. p.
3, disc. 1. --Romanelli, vol. 1, p. 240. --Cramer's
Ancient Italy, vol. 2, p. 354. )
Cossus, 1. a surname of the famiiia Malugincnsis;
a branch of the Gem Cornelia. --II. Aulus Cornelius,
a Roman, and military tribune, who slew in battle
with his own hands Ear Tolumnius, king of the Veien-
tes, for which he offered up the Spolia Opima to Jupi-
ter Feretrius, being the only one who had done this
since the time of Romulus. (Lib. , 4, 20; where
consult the discussion into which Livy enters on this
subject, and also the note of Crevier. )
Cotes, a promontory of Mauritania, now Capo Es-
partcl. The form in Greek is generally given as plu-
ral, <<( Kurtlc. Ptolemy, however, has the singular,
K<j:v/r uKpov. The name is Punic, and signified " a
vine ;" and hence the Greeks sometimes translated the
term by Ampelusia. (Mela, 1, 5. -- Munncrt, Geogr. ,
? ol. 10, pt. 2, ;j. 465. )
Cothon, a name given to a small but elevated isl-
vmd in the inner harbour of Carthage, commanding a
view of the sea, and on which the Carthaginian admi-
ral resided. Around the whole island numerous ships
of war were laid up under cover of spacious halls or
arsenals, with all the necessary stores for fitting them
out at the shortest notice. (Appian, Pun. , 96. --Slra-
io, 572. ) The term appears to indicate a harbour
made by art and human labour; and hence Fcstus
states that artificial harbours were called Cothones.
(Fest. , s. v. Catonet, with the emeii'Jation of Scali-
ger. ) The word appears to be derived from the Pu-
nic (Hebrew) Keton, with its primrry reference to
cutting, lopping off, &c. (Gescnius, Fhacn. Mon. , p.
422. )
Cotiso, a king of the Daci, whose army invaded
Pannonia, and was defeated by Corn. Lentulus. the
lieutenant of Augustus. (Sudan , Aug. , 21. --Flo-
rut, 4, 12 -- Horat. , Od , 3, 8, 18. )
Cotta, I. Caius Aurelius, a celebrated Roman ora-
tor, of the school of Crassus, and who flourished
about A. U. C. 661. He failed, observes Cicero, in his
pursuit of the thbuneship by the envious opposition
ivhich he encountered. Being accused before the
people, he spoke with great force against the violent
and unjust mode in which the equites dispensed jus-
tice, and then went into voluntary exile, without wait-
ing for his condemnation. This happened in the
stormy times of Marius and Sylla. He was recalled
hy the latter. When consul in 677, Cotta had a law
oasscd, which gave the tribunes of the commons the
right of holding other offices, of which they had been
deprived by Sylla. --II. L. Aurelius. flourished at the
Roman bar when Cicero was yet a young man, and
? ? the lutter states that none kindled in him more emula-
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was a very active and inveterate foe to the Athenians,
and did them considerable mischief in the Chersonese.
Cotys was assassinated by Python and Heraclides,
who received each from the Athenians, as a recom-
pense for the deed, the rights of citizenship and a
golden crown. ( Dcmosth, contra Aristocr. --Aristot. ,
toUt. , 5, 10. --l'almcr. , ad Dcmosth. , contr. Arist. ,
JO. )--II. A king of Thrace, who sent his son Sadales,
at the head of rive hundred horse, to the aid of Pom-
pey, 12 his contest with Cssar. (C<m. , BclL Civ. , 3,
X. --Compare Lucan, 5, 54, and Cortiut, ad toe. )--III.
A king of Thrice in the time of Augustus, slain by
his uncle Rhescuporia, B. C. 15. He was a prince of
a literary turn, and Ovid addressed to hiin one of his
epistles from the Euxtne (Ep. ex Ponto, 3,9. --Tacit. ,
An*. , 2, 66, dec. )--IV. Son of Manes, succeeded his
father on the throne of Lydia. {Herod. , 4, 45. --Con-
sult Hitter, Vorhallt, p. 365) -- V. A king of the
Odrysse, in Thrace, who favoured the interests of . Ver-
ves against the Romans. (Lie, 42, 29. )
Cotytto, or Cotys, a goddess worshipped by the
Tbracians, and apparently identical with the Phrygian
Cybele. Her worship was introduced at Athens and
Corinth, where it was celebrated, in private, with great
indecency and licentiousness. The priests of the
goddess were called Baptse. A full account of all that
the ancients have left ua in relation to this deity, may
be found in Bultmann (Mytkologus, vol. 2, c. 19, p.
159, seqq. , "Uebcr die Kolytlia und die Bapla")
and in Lobeck (Aglaophamut, p. 1007, seqq. --Epi-
metntm xi. , ad. c. 8).
Cxagus, I. a chain of mountains running along
the coast of I. ycia. It rises precipitously from the
sea, and, from the number of detached summits which
it offers to the spectator in that direction, it has not
unaptly been called by the Turks Ycdi Bouroun, or
the Seven Cape*. Strabo, however, assigns to it eight
summits. (Strab , 665. ) This same writer also pla-
ces in the range of Cragus the famed Chimsera, (Viii.
Chimera. ) Scylax calls Cragus, however, a promon-
tory, and makes it the separation of Lycia and Carja
? o. 39--Compare Plin. , 6, 28). --II. A town of Ly-
cia, in the vicinity of the mountain-ranges of the same
name. (Strab. , 665. ) The authority of Strabo is
confirmed by coins. ( Sestini, p. 92. -- Cramer's Asia
Minor, vol. 2, 245, seqq. )
C<<>>N. ii, a surname of the Athenians, from their
King Cranaus. ( Vid. Cranaus. )
Cbanaus, the successor of Cecrops on the throne
of Attica. He married Pedias, and the offspring of
their union was Atthis. (Consult remarks under the
article Cecrops. )
CranIi, a town of Cephallenia, situate, according
to Strabo, in the same gulf with Pale. (Strai , 456.
--Tkiuyd, 2, 34. --Lie. , 38, 28. ) The Athenians
established the Messenians here, upon the abandon-
ment of Pylos by the latter, when that fortress was re-
stored to the Lacedaemonians. (Thucyd. , 5, 35. ) Dr.
Holland says, " this city stood on an eminence at the
upper end of the bay of Argostoli; and its walls may
yet be traced nearly in their whole circumference,"
which he conceives to be nearly two miles. The
structure is that usually called Cyclopian. (Vol. 1, p.
55-DoiuxU, vol. 1, p. 75. )
Ckinos and Crannon, a city of Thessaly, on the
river Onchestus, southeast of Pharsalus. Near it was
a fountain, the water of which warmed wine when
? ? mixed with it, and the heat remained for two or three
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