CŒ’CULUS, a violent robber, was a son of Vulcan.
CŒ’LUS, also called Uranus (or Heaven), was the most ancient of the
gods.
CŒ′NA SALIA′RIS, see Ancilia.
COLLI′NA was one of the rural deities, the goddess of hills.
COMEDY, see Thalia.
CO′MUS was the god of revelry. He presided over entertainments and
feasts.
CON′CORD. The symbol of Concord was two right hands joined, and a
pomegranate.
CONCOR′DIA. The goddess of peace. One of the oldest Roman goddesses.
She is represented as holding a horn of plenty in one hand, and in the
other a sceptre, from which fruit is sprouting forth.
CONSTANCY, see Cephalus.
CONSU′ALIA. Games sacred to Neptune.
CON′SUS. A name given to Neptune as being the god of counsel.
COPHE′TUA. A legendary king of Africa, who disliked women, but
ultimately fell in love with a “beggar-maid,” as mentioned in _Romeo
and Juliet_.
“... Cupid, he that shot so trim
When King Cophetua loved the beggar-maid.”