CYPARIS′SUS. A boy of whom Apollo was very fond; and when he died
he was changed, at Apollo’s intercession, into a cypress tree, the
branches of which typify mourning.
CY′PRESS, see Cyparissus.
CY′PRIA. A name of Venus, because she was worshipped in the island of
Cyprus.
CYTH′ERA. A name of Venus, from the island to which she was wafted in
the shell.
DACTY′LI were priests of Cybele. They were given the name, because,
like the fingers, they were ten in number.
DÆD′ALUS was a great architect and sculptor. He invented the wedge,
the axe, the level, and the gimlet, and was the first to use sails.
Dædalus also constructed the famous labyrinth for Minos, King of Crete.
See Icarus.
“Now Dædalus, behold, by fate assigned,
A task proportioned to thy mighty mind.”