his liberty at the
conclusion
of the war in B.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
(Compare Fabric.
Bibl.
It is moreover not improbable, that the Persian | Gracc. ii. p. 740, &c. ; Rettig, Ctesiae Cnidi Vita
chronicles were as partial to the Persians, if not cum appendice de libris Ctesiac, Hanov. 1827, 8vo. ;
more so, as the accounts written by Greeks were K. L. Blum, Ilerodot und Ctesias, lleidelb. 1836,
to the Greeks. These considerations sufficiently 8vo. )
account, in our opinion, for the differences existing 2. Or Ephesus, an epic poet, who is mentioned
between the statements of Ctesias and other writ- by Plutarch (de Flur. 18) as the author of an epic
ers; and there appears to be no reason for charging poem, lieponts. Ilis age is quite unknown. Welcker
him, as some have done, with wilfully falsifying (Der Episch. Cycl. p. 50) considers this Ctesias to
history. It is at least certain, that there can be be the same as the Musaeus (which he regards as
no positive evidence for such a serious charge. a fictitious name) of Ephesus to whom Suidas and
The court chronicles of Persia appear to have con- Eudocia ascribe an epic poem, Perseis, in ten books.
tained chiefly the history of the royal family, the But this is a mere conjecture, in support of which
occurrences at the court and the seraglio, the in- little can be said.
(L. S. )
trigues of the women and eunuchs, and the insur- CTESI'BIUS (Kanoibios). 1. A Greek histo-
rections of satraps to make themselves independent rian, who probably lived at the time of the first
of the great monarch. Suidas (s. v. Tiáupina) | Ptolemies, or at least after the time of Demosthenes,
mentions, that Pamphila made an abridgment of for we learn from Plutarch (Dem. 5), that Hernip-
the work of Ctesias, probably the Persica, in three pus of Smyrna referred to him as his authority for
books.
some statement respecting Demosthenes. Accord-
Another work, for which Ctesias also collected ing to Apollodorus (ap. Phlegon. de Longaev. 2),
his materials during his stay in Persia, was-2. A Ctesibius died during a walk at the age of 104,
treatise on India ('Ivõlká) in one book, of which and according to Lucian (Macrob. 22), at the age
we likewise possess an 'abridgment in Photius, of 124 years. Whether he was the author of a
and a great number of fragments preserved in other work, Mepi $120copias, referred to by Plutarch
writers. The description refers chiefly to the (Pit. & Orut. p. 814, c. ) is uncertain.
north-western part of India, and is principally 2. A Cynic philosopher, a native of Chalcis and
confined to a description of the natural history, the a friend of Menedemus. According to Athenaeus,
produce of the soil, and the animals and men of who relates an anecdote about him, he lived in the
India. In this description truth is to a great reign of Antigonus, king of Macedonia. (Athen, i.
extent mixed up with fables, and it seems to be p. 15, ir. p. 162. )
(L. S. ]
mainly owing to this work that Ctesias was looked CTESI'BIUS (KTNO16los), celebrated for his
upon in later times as an author who deserved no mechanical inventions, was born at Alexandria,
credit. But if his account of India is looked upon and lived probably about B. c. 250, in the reigns
from a proper point of view, it does not in any way of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Euergetes, though
deserve to be treated with contempt. Ctesias him- Athenaeus (iv. p. 174) says, that he flourished in
self nerer visited India, and his work was the first the time of the second Euergetes. His father was
in the Greek language that was written upon that a barber, but his own taste led him to devote him-
country: he could do nothing more than lay before self to mechanics. He is said to have invented a
his countrymen that which was known or beliered clepsydra or water-clock, a hydraulic organ (ü&pav-
about India among the Persians. His Indica must nos) and other machines, and to have been the first
therefore be regarded as a picture of India, such as to discover the elastic force of air and apply it as a
it was conceived by the Persians. Many things moring power. Vitruvius (lib. vii. praef. ) men-
in his description which were formerly looked upon tions him as an author, but none of his works re-
as fabulous, have been proved by the more recent main. He was the teacher, and has been supposed
discoveries in India to be founded on facts. to have been the father, of Hero Alexandrinus, whose
Ctesias also wrote several other works, of which, treatise called BeActolčká has also sometimes been
however, we know little more than their titles: attributed to him. (Vitruv. ix. 9, x, 12; Plin. H.
they were—3. Tepl 'Opôv, which consisted of at N. vii. 37; Athen. iv. p. 174, xi. p. 497; Philo
least two books. (Plut. de Flur. 21; Stob. Frori! . Byzant. ap. l'et. Math. pp. 56, 67, 72; Fabric.
C. 18. )
4. Teplo novs 'Aglas (Steph. Byz. s. r. | Bill. Gracc. vol. ii. p. 591. ) [W. F. D. )
Σίγυνος), which is perhaps the same as tlie Περιή- CTE'SICLES (KTTTIKAS), the author of a
ymous of which Stephanus Byzantius (s. 2. Kocúrn) chronological work (ypuvika or xpóvoi), of which
quotes the third book.
5. Tepi Plotauwr (Plut. two fragments are preserved in Athenaeus (vi. p.
de Flur. 19), and 6. llepl TWv hard tnv 'Aglav 272, x. p. 415. )
(L. S. )
pópwv. It has been inferred from a passage in CTE'SICLES, the author af a beautiful statue
Galen (v. p. 652, ed. Basil. ), that Ciesias also at Samos, about which a siinilar story is told by
wrote on medicine, but no accounts of his medical Athenaeus (xiij. p. 606, a. ) as that respecting the
works have come down to us.
injury sustained by the Chidian Venus of Praxi-
The abridgincnt which Photius inade of the teles.
[L. U. ]
a
3 m 2
## p. 900 (#920) ############################################
900
CUBA.
CU'LLEOLUS.
CTESIDE'MUS, a painter celebrated for two fies a cradle, and ruma or rumis was in ancient
pictures, representing the conquest of Oechalia and Latin the same as mumma, a mother's breas:
the story of Laodamia. (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 40. (August. de Cirit. Dei, iv. 10, &c. ; Lactant. i. 20,
$ 33. ) He was the master of Antiphilus (Plin. 36; Varro, ar. Non. p. 167, ap. Donut. ad Terent.
xxxv. 37), a contemporary of Apelles. [L. U. ] Phorm. i. 1. 14. )
(L. S. )
CTESILAUS. (CRESILAUS. ]
CUBI'DIUS. (COBIDAS. ]
CTESI'LOCIIUS, a painter, the pupil and per- CU'LLEO or CUʻLEO, the name of a plebeian
haps brother of Apelles, known by a ludicrous family of the Terentia gens.
picture representing the birth of Bacchus. (Plin. 1. Q. TERENTIUS CULLEo, belonged to a family
xxxv. 40. § 33; Suid. s. v. 'Atenans. ) [L. U. ] of praetorian rank, and was a senator of considera-
CTE'SIPHON (KTNO. Côv). 1. A son of ble distinction. (Val. Max. v. 2. V 5. ) He was
Leosthenes of Anaphlystus, was accused by Aes- taken prisoner in the course of the second Punic
chines for having proposed the decree, that De- war, but at what time is uncertain, and obtained
mosthenes should be honoured with the crown.
his liberty at the conclusion of the war in B. C, 201.
[AESCHINES ; DEMOSTHENES. ]
To shew his gratitude to P. Scipio, he followed
2. An Athenian, who was sent in B. c. 348 as his triumphal car, wearing the pileus or cap of
ambassador to king Philip of Macedonia, with the liberty, like an emancipated slave; and subse-
view of recovering the ransom which Phrynon of quently, on the death of Scipio, he attended his
Rhamnus had been obliged to pay during the funeral, walking before the bier with the cap of
truce of the Olympian games to pirates who were liberty again on his head, and he likewise distri-
in the pay of Philip. On his return from Mace buted mulsum, or sweet wine, among the attend-
donia, Ctesiphon confirmed the report which had ants of the funeral.
been brought to Athens by Euboean ambassadors, In B. c. 195, Culleo was one of the three ambas-
that Philip was inclined to make peace with the sadors who were sent to Carthage to complain that
Athenians. After this, Ctesiphon was one of the Hannibal was forming the design of making war
ten ambassadors who treated with Philip about upon the Romans in conjunction with Antiochus.
peace. (Dem. de Fuls. Leg. pp. 344, 37); Argum. In B. c. 187 Culleo was praetor peregrinus, and he
ai Dem. de Fals. Leg. p. 336; Aeschin. de Fuls. was appointed by the senate in this year as the
Ing. cc. 4, 12, 14; Harpocrat. s. v. KTOIDwv. ) commissioner to conduct the inquiry respecting the
3. The author of a work on Boeotia, of which money of Antiochus, which was said to bave been
Plutarch (Parall. Min. 12) quotes the third book. misappropriated by L. Scipio Asiaticus and his le
Whether he is the same as the Ctesiphon who gates. This appointment was made under a plebis-
wrote on plants and trees (Plut. de Fluv. 14, 18) citum which had been carried chiefly through the
is uncertain.
influence of Cato the censor, and which referred to
4. An Athenian poet, who wrote a peculiar the senate to nominate a commissioner to inquire
kind of martial songs called kónaSpot, and seems to into the matter. The respect which Culleo bad paid
have lived at the court of the Attali at Pergainus. to P. Scipio was well known, and the friends of
(Athen. xv. p. 697. )
[L. S. ) the Scipios probably supported his appointment for
CTESIPHON, artist. (CHERSIPHRON. ] that reason; though it is stated, on the other hand,
CTESIPPUS (RTMOITTOS). 1. The name of that his nomination to the office was brought about
two sons of Heracles, the one by Deianeira, and the by the enemies of Scipio, because he was in reality
other by Astydameia. (Apollod. ii. 7. S 8; Paus. an enemy to the family, and had been guilty of
ii. 19. Š 1, ii. 16. & 5. )
hypocrisy in the honours he had paid to his deli-
2. A son of Polytherses of Same, one of the verer from captivity. But however this may be,
suitors of Penelope, was killed by Philoetius, the L. Scipio and others were condemned by him ;
cow-herd. (Hom. Od. xx. 288, &c. , xxii. 285, from which we may conclude, either that he was
&c. )
[L. S. ] in reality in league with the party opposed to the
έTESIPPUs (Κτήσιππος). 1. [Chabrias, Scipios, or that their guilt was so clear that he
p. 676, b. ]
dared not acquit even his friends.
2. The author of a history of Scythia, of which In B. c. 184, Culleo was an unsuccessful candi-
the second book is quoted by Plutarch. (De Flur. date for the consulship, and in 181 was one of the
(L. S. ] three ambassadors sent to Masinissa and Carthage
'CTE'SIUS (KTKoos), the protector of properts, to ask for assistance in the war against Perseus.
occurs as a surname of Zeus at Phlyus, and of (Liv. xxx. 43, 45, xxxiii. 47, xxxviii. 42, 53,
Hermes. (Athen. xi. p. 473; Paus. i. 31. § 2. ) xxxix. 32, xlii. 35; Val. Max. v. 2. & 5; Plui.
Ctesius occurs also as a proper name. (Hom. Od. Apophth. p. 196. )
XV. 413. )
(L. S. ) 2. Q. TERENTIUS CULLEo, was tribune of the
CTESYLLA (KTÁouna), a beautiful maiden plebs, B. c. 58, the year in which Cicero was ba-
of the island of Cos, of whom and Hermochares nished. He was a friend of Cicero's, and did all
Antoninus Liberalis (Met. 1) relates nearly the in his power to prevent his banishment and after-
same story which other writers relate of Cydippe wards to obtain his recall. He is mentioned by
and Acontius. [ACONTIUS. ) Buttmann (Mythol. Cicero two years afterwards as one of the minor
ii. p. 135, &c. ) thinks that Ctesylla was originally pontiffs. In the war which followed the death of
an attribute of some ancient national divinity at Caesar we find Culleo in B. C. 43 passing over from
Ceos-Aphrodite Ctesylla was worshipped there the army of Antony to join Lentulus. Culleo was
who was believed to have had some love affair placed by Lepidus to guard the passage of the
with a mortal.
[L. S. ] Alps; but he allowed Antony to cross them with-
CUBA, CUNI'NA, and RUMI'NA, three out offering any resistance. (Cic. ad Au. iii. 15,
Roman genii, who were worshipped as the protec- de Harusp. Resp. 6, ad Fam. X. 31, comp. ad Qii.
tors of infants sleeping in their cradles, and to Fr. ii. 2, ait Ant. viii. 12; Appian, B. C. u. 83. )
whom libations of milk were offered. Curiae signi- L. CULLE'OLUS, proconsul, perhaps of Illy-
5. )
1
1
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CURIA'TIUS.
901
CURIO.
ricum, about B. C. 60, to whom two of Cicero's of the college under the influence of the patricians.
letters are addressed (ud Fun. xiii. 41, 42), was P. Curiatins and two of his colleagues, M. Metilius
probably one of the Terentii.
and M. Minucius, endeavoured to counteract the
CUMA'NUS, VENTI'DIUS. [FELIX, An- unpopularity and turn the hatred of the people
TONIUS. ]
against the patricians by bringing a charge against
CUNCTA'TOR, a surname given to Q. Fabius Sergius and l'irginius, two military tribunes of the
Maximus, who fought against llannibal.
year previous, who they declared to be the au-
CUPI'DO was, like Amor and Voluptas, a
chors of all the mischief and the cause of the peo-
modification of the Greek Eros, whose worship was ple's sufferings. Both the accused were condemned
carried to Rome from Greecc. (Cic. ar. Lactant. to pay a heavy fine, and the tribunes of the people
i. 20. 14 ; Plaut. Curc. i. 1,3; see Eros. ) [L. S. ] soon after brought forward an agrarian law, and
C. CUPIENNIUS. 1. A person to whom prevented the tribute for the maintenance of the
Cicero wrote a letter in B. C. 44, entreating him to armies being levied from the plebeians. (Liv. v.
interest himself in the affairs of the inhabitants of 11, 12. )
Buthrotum, and reminding him of the friendship 2. C.
It is moreover not improbable, that the Persian | Gracc. ii. p. 740, &c. ; Rettig, Ctesiae Cnidi Vita
chronicles were as partial to the Persians, if not cum appendice de libris Ctesiac, Hanov. 1827, 8vo. ;
more so, as the accounts written by Greeks were K. L. Blum, Ilerodot und Ctesias, lleidelb. 1836,
to the Greeks. These considerations sufficiently 8vo. )
account, in our opinion, for the differences existing 2. Or Ephesus, an epic poet, who is mentioned
between the statements of Ctesias and other writ- by Plutarch (de Flur. 18) as the author of an epic
ers; and there appears to be no reason for charging poem, lieponts. Ilis age is quite unknown. Welcker
him, as some have done, with wilfully falsifying (Der Episch. Cycl. p. 50) considers this Ctesias to
history. It is at least certain, that there can be be the same as the Musaeus (which he regards as
no positive evidence for such a serious charge. a fictitious name) of Ephesus to whom Suidas and
The court chronicles of Persia appear to have con- Eudocia ascribe an epic poem, Perseis, in ten books.
tained chiefly the history of the royal family, the But this is a mere conjecture, in support of which
occurrences at the court and the seraglio, the in- little can be said.
(L. S. )
trigues of the women and eunuchs, and the insur- CTESI'BIUS (Kanoibios). 1. A Greek histo-
rections of satraps to make themselves independent rian, who probably lived at the time of the first
of the great monarch. Suidas (s. v. Tiáupina) | Ptolemies, or at least after the time of Demosthenes,
mentions, that Pamphila made an abridgment of for we learn from Plutarch (Dem. 5), that Hernip-
the work of Ctesias, probably the Persica, in three pus of Smyrna referred to him as his authority for
books.
some statement respecting Demosthenes. Accord-
Another work, for which Ctesias also collected ing to Apollodorus (ap. Phlegon. de Longaev. 2),
his materials during his stay in Persia, was-2. A Ctesibius died during a walk at the age of 104,
treatise on India ('Ivõlká) in one book, of which and according to Lucian (Macrob. 22), at the age
we likewise possess an 'abridgment in Photius, of 124 years. Whether he was the author of a
and a great number of fragments preserved in other work, Mepi $120copias, referred to by Plutarch
writers. The description refers chiefly to the (Pit. & Orut. p. 814, c. ) is uncertain.
north-western part of India, and is principally 2. A Cynic philosopher, a native of Chalcis and
confined to a description of the natural history, the a friend of Menedemus. According to Athenaeus,
produce of the soil, and the animals and men of who relates an anecdote about him, he lived in the
India. In this description truth is to a great reign of Antigonus, king of Macedonia. (Athen, i.
extent mixed up with fables, and it seems to be p. 15, ir. p. 162. )
(L. S. ]
mainly owing to this work that Ctesias was looked CTESI'BIUS (KTNO16los), celebrated for his
upon in later times as an author who deserved no mechanical inventions, was born at Alexandria,
credit. But if his account of India is looked upon and lived probably about B. c. 250, in the reigns
from a proper point of view, it does not in any way of Ptolemy Philadelphus and Euergetes, though
deserve to be treated with contempt. Ctesias him- Athenaeus (iv. p. 174) says, that he flourished in
self nerer visited India, and his work was the first the time of the second Euergetes. His father was
in the Greek language that was written upon that a barber, but his own taste led him to devote him-
country: he could do nothing more than lay before self to mechanics. He is said to have invented a
his countrymen that which was known or beliered clepsydra or water-clock, a hydraulic organ (ü&pav-
about India among the Persians. His Indica must nos) and other machines, and to have been the first
therefore be regarded as a picture of India, such as to discover the elastic force of air and apply it as a
it was conceived by the Persians. Many things moring power. Vitruvius (lib. vii. praef. ) men-
in his description which were formerly looked upon tions him as an author, but none of his works re-
as fabulous, have been proved by the more recent main. He was the teacher, and has been supposed
discoveries in India to be founded on facts. to have been the father, of Hero Alexandrinus, whose
Ctesias also wrote several other works, of which, treatise called BeActolčká has also sometimes been
however, we know little more than their titles: attributed to him. (Vitruv. ix. 9, x, 12; Plin. H.
they were—3. Tepl 'Opôv, which consisted of at N. vii. 37; Athen. iv. p. 174, xi. p. 497; Philo
least two books. (Plut. de Flur. 21; Stob. Frori! . Byzant. ap. l'et. Math. pp. 56, 67, 72; Fabric.
C. 18. )
4. Teplo novs 'Aglas (Steph. Byz. s. r. | Bill. Gracc. vol. ii. p. 591. ) [W. F. D. )
Σίγυνος), which is perhaps the same as tlie Περιή- CTE'SICLES (KTTTIKAS), the author of a
ymous of which Stephanus Byzantius (s. 2. Kocúrn) chronological work (ypuvika or xpóvoi), of which
quotes the third book.
5. Tepi Plotauwr (Plut. two fragments are preserved in Athenaeus (vi. p.
de Flur. 19), and 6. llepl TWv hard tnv 'Aglav 272, x. p. 415. )
(L. S. )
pópwv. It has been inferred from a passage in CTE'SICLES, the author af a beautiful statue
Galen (v. p. 652, ed. Basil. ), that Ciesias also at Samos, about which a siinilar story is told by
wrote on medicine, but no accounts of his medical Athenaeus (xiij. p. 606, a. ) as that respecting the
works have come down to us.
injury sustained by the Chidian Venus of Praxi-
The abridgincnt which Photius inade of the teles.
[L. U. ]
a
3 m 2
## p. 900 (#920) ############################################
900
CUBA.
CU'LLEOLUS.
CTESIDE'MUS, a painter celebrated for two fies a cradle, and ruma or rumis was in ancient
pictures, representing the conquest of Oechalia and Latin the same as mumma, a mother's breas:
the story of Laodamia. (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 40. (August. de Cirit. Dei, iv. 10, &c. ; Lactant. i. 20,
$ 33. ) He was the master of Antiphilus (Plin. 36; Varro, ar. Non. p. 167, ap. Donut. ad Terent.
xxxv. 37), a contemporary of Apelles. [L. U. ] Phorm. i. 1. 14. )
(L. S. )
CTESILAUS. (CRESILAUS. ]
CUBI'DIUS. (COBIDAS. ]
CTESI'LOCIIUS, a painter, the pupil and per- CU'LLEO or CUʻLEO, the name of a plebeian
haps brother of Apelles, known by a ludicrous family of the Terentia gens.
picture representing the birth of Bacchus. (Plin. 1. Q. TERENTIUS CULLEo, belonged to a family
xxxv. 40. § 33; Suid. s. v. 'Atenans. ) [L. U. ] of praetorian rank, and was a senator of considera-
CTE'SIPHON (KTNO. Côv). 1. A son of ble distinction. (Val. Max. v. 2. V 5. ) He was
Leosthenes of Anaphlystus, was accused by Aes- taken prisoner in the course of the second Punic
chines for having proposed the decree, that De- war, but at what time is uncertain, and obtained
mosthenes should be honoured with the crown.
his liberty at the conclusion of the war in B. C, 201.
[AESCHINES ; DEMOSTHENES. ]
To shew his gratitude to P. Scipio, he followed
2. An Athenian, who was sent in B. c. 348 as his triumphal car, wearing the pileus or cap of
ambassador to king Philip of Macedonia, with the liberty, like an emancipated slave; and subse-
view of recovering the ransom which Phrynon of quently, on the death of Scipio, he attended his
Rhamnus had been obliged to pay during the funeral, walking before the bier with the cap of
truce of the Olympian games to pirates who were liberty again on his head, and he likewise distri-
in the pay of Philip. On his return from Mace buted mulsum, or sweet wine, among the attend-
donia, Ctesiphon confirmed the report which had ants of the funeral.
been brought to Athens by Euboean ambassadors, In B. c. 195, Culleo was one of the three ambas-
that Philip was inclined to make peace with the sadors who were sent to Carthage to complain that
Athenians. After this, Ctesiphon was one of the Hannibal was forming the design of making war
ten ambassadors who treated with Philip about upon the Romans in conjunction with Antiochus.
peace. (Dem. de Fuls. Leg. pp. 344, 37); Argum. In B. c. 187 Culleo was praetor peregrinus, and he
ai Dem. de Fals. Leg. p. 336; Aeschin. de Fuls. was appointed by the senate in this year as the
Ing. cc. 4, 12, 14; Harpocrat. s. v. KTOIDwv. ) commissioner to conduct the inquiry respecting the
3. The author of a work on Boeotia, of which money of Antiochus, which was said to bave been
Plutarch (Parall. Min. 12) quotes the third book. misappropriated by L. Scipio Asiaticus and his le
Whether he is the same as the Ctesiphon who gates. This appointment was made under a plebis-
wrote on plants and trees (Plut. de Fluv. 14, 18) citum which had been carried chiefly through the
is uncertain.
influence of Cato the censor, and which referred to
4. An Athenian poet, who wrote a peculiar the senate to nominate a commissioner to inquire
kind of martial songs called kónaSpot, and seems to into the matter. The respect which Culleo bad paid
have lived at the court of the Attali at Pergainus. to P. Scipio was well known, and the friends of
(Athen. xv. p. 697. )
[L. S. ) the Scipios probably supported his appointment for
CTESIPHON, artist. (CHERSIPHRON. ] that reason; though it is stated, on the other hand,
CTESIPPUS (RTMOITTOS). 1. The name of that his nomination to the office was brought about
two sons of Heracles, the one by Deianeira, and the by the enemies of Scipio, because he was in reality
other by Astydameia. (Apollod. ii. 7. S 8; Paus. an enemy to the family, and had been guilty of
ii. 19. Š 1, ii. 16. & 5. )
hypocrisy in the honours he had paid to his deli-
2. A son of Polytherses of Same, one of the verer from captivity. But however this may be,
suitors of Penelope, was killed by Philoetius, the L. Scipio and others were condemned by him ;
cow-herd. (Hom. Od. xx. 288, &c. , xxii. 285, from which we may conclude, either that he was
&c. )
[L. S. ] in reality in league with the party opposed to the
έTESIPPUs (Κτήσιππος). 1. [Chabrias, Scipios, or that their guilt was so clear that he
p. 676, b. ]
dared not acquit even his friends.
2. The author of a history of Scythia, of which In B. c. 184, Culleo was an unsuccessful candi-
the second book is quoted by Plutarch. (De Flur. date for the consulship, and in 181 was one of the
(L. S. ] three ambassadors sent to Masinissa and Carthage
'CTE'SIUS (KTKoos), the protector of properts, to ask for assistance in the war against Perseus.
occurs as a surname of Zeus at Phlyus, and of (Liv. xxx. 43, 45, xxxiii. 47, xxxviii. 42, 53,
Hermes. (Athen. xi. p. 473; Paus. i. 31. § 2. ) xxxix. 32, xlii. 35; Val. Max. v. 2. & 5; Plui.
Ctesius occurs also as a proper name. (Hom. Od. Apophth. p. 196. )
XV. 413. )
(L. S. ) 2. Q. TERENTIUS CULLEo, was tribune of the
CTESYLLA (KTÁouna), a beautiful maiden plebs, B. c. 58, the year in which Cicero was ba-
of the island of Cos, of whom and Hermochares nished. He was a friend of Cicero's, and did all
Antoninus Liberalis (Met. 1) relates nearly the in his power to prevent his banishment and after-
same story which other writers relate of Cydippe wards to obtain his recall. He is mentioned by
and Acontius. [ACONTIUS. ) Buttmann (Mythol. Cicero two years afterwards as one of the minor
ii. p. 135, &c. ) thinks that Ctesylla was originally pontiffs. In the war which followed the death of
an attribute of some ancient national divinity at Caesar we find Culleo in B. C. 43 passing over from
Ceos-Aphrodite Ctesylla was worshipped there the army of Antony to join Lentulus. Culleo was
who was believed to have had some love affair placed by Lepidus to guard the passage of the
with a mortal.
[L. S. ] Alps; but he allowed Antony to cross them with-
CUBA, CUNI'NA, and RUMI'NA, three out offering any resistance. (Cic. ad Au. iii. 15,
Roman genii, who were worshipped as the protec- de Harusp. Resp. 6, ad Fam. X. 31, comp. ad Qii.
tors of infants sleeping in their cradles, and to Fr. ii. 2, ait Ant. viii. 12; Appian, B. C. u. 83. )
whom libations of milk were offered. Curiae signi- L. CULLE'OLUS, proconsul, perhaps of Illy-
5. )
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CURIA'TIUS.
901
CURIO.
ricum, about B. C. 60, to whom two of Cicero's of the college under the influence of the patricians.
letters are addressed (ud Fun. xiii. 41, 42), was P. Curiatins and two of his colleagues, M. Metilius
probably one of the Terentii.
and M. Minucius, endeavoured to counteract the
CUMA'NUS, VENTI'DIUS. [FELIX, An- unpopularity and turn the hatred of the people
TONIUS. ]
against the patricians by bringing a charge against
CUNCTA'TOR, a surname given to Q. Fabius Sergius and l'irginius, two military tribunes of the
Maximus, who fought against llannibal.
year previous, who they declared to be the au-
CUPI'DO was, like Amor and Voluptas, a
chors of all the mischief and the cause of the peo-
modification of the Greek Eros, whose worship was ple's sufferings. Both the accused were condemned
carried to Rome from Greecc. (Cic. ar. Lactant. to pay a heavy fine, and the tribunes of the people
i. 20. 14 ; Plaut. Curc. i. 1,3; see Eros. ) [L. S. ] soon after brought forward an agrarian law, and
C. CUPIENNIUS. 1. A person to whom prevented the tribute for the maintenance of the
Cicero wrote a letter in B. C. 44, entreating him to armies being levied from the plebeians. (Liv. v.
interest himself in the affairs of the inhabitants of 11, 12. )
Buthrotum, and reminding him of the friendship 2. C.
