Canis
The constellation of the Great Dog.
The most important star in this constellation was specially named Canis or Canicula, and also Sirius. The Dies Caniculares were as proverbial for the heat of the weather among the Romans as are the dog-days among ourselves.
Caphareus (Capo d'Oro). A rocky and dangerous promontory on the southeast of Euboea, where the Greek fleet is said to have been wrecked on its return from Troy.