Cheops
A king of Egypt, after Rhampsinitus, famous for building pyramids.
Chersonesus (Peninsula of the Dardanelles or of Gallipoli). Usually called at Athens The Chersonesus, without any distinguishing epithet, the narrow slip of land, 420 stadia in length, running between the Hellespont and the gulf of Melas, and connected with See page 48.
Augustus. the Thracian mainland by an isthmus, which was fortified by a wall, 36 stadia across, near