Clytemnestra
A daughter of Tyndarus, king of Sparta, and Leda, married Agamemnon, king of Argos, during whose absence in the Trojan war she fell in love with his cousin Aegysthus. On the return of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra murdered him, as well as Cassandra, whom he had brought with him.
After this Clytemnestra ascended the throne of Argos. In the meantime her son Orestes, after an absence of seven years, returned, resolved to avenge the death of his father Agamemnon. On an occasion when Aegysthus and Clytemnestra repaired to the Temple of Apollo, Orestes, with his friend Pylades, killed them.
Clytia or Clytie. A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, beloved by Apollo. She was changed into a sunflower.
Cnidus or Gnidus. A celebrated city of Asia Minor, on the promontory of Triopium on the coast of Caria.
Cocles, P. Horatius. A celebrated Roman who alone opposed the whole army of Porsenna at the head of a bridge while his companions were cutting off the communication with the other shore. When the bridge was destroyed, Cocles, though wounded by the darts of the enemy, leapt into the Tiber and swam across it, armed as he was. For his heroism a brazen statue was raised to him in the Temple of Vulcan. Lord Macaulay, who has written a noble poem on this heroic deed of Horatius Cocles, says, "There are several versions of the story, and these versions differ from each other in points of no small importance." According to his version Horatius had two companions who stood by his side defending the bridge; these were Spurius Lartius and Herminius. The final quatrain of the poem records how- "With weeping and with laughter Still is the story told, How well Horatius kept the bridge, In the brave days of old."