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From Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities, edited by Harry Thurston Peck; New York: Harper and brothers Publishers; 1897; pp. 236-462.

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Concordia.   The Latin personification of concord or harmony, especially among Roman citizens. Shrines were repeatedly erected to Concordia during the republican period after the cessation of civil dissensions. The earliest was dedicated by Camillus in B.C. 367. The goddess Concordia was also invoked, together with Ianus, Salus, and Pax, at the family festival of the Caristia, on the 30th of March, and, with Venus and Fortuna, by married women on the 1st of April. (See MANES.) During the imperial period Concordia Augusta was worshipped as the protectress of harmony, especially of matrimonial agreement, in the emperor’s household.









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Cydonia.  (Κυδωνία).   One of the chief cities of Crete, situated on the northwest coast, derived its name from the Cydones, a Cretan race, placed by Homer on the western part of the island. Cydonia was the place form which quinces (Cydonia mala) were first brought to Italy; and its inhabitants were among the best Cretan archers.



[Cydonian ‘apples’ are referred to as early as the 7th century B.C. in the poetry of Stesichorus as an expensive delicacy.—Elf.Ed.]









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Cynthia.  (Κυνθία).   A surname of Artemis [Diana], from Mount Cynthus, in the island of Delos, where she was born.








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