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See Kalpi. "System a locorum theolo B. C. A Greek philosopher, a cousin and pupil Calprenède. See La Calprenède . of Aristotle, and a companion of Alexander Calpurnia (kal-pėr'ni-ä). Daughter of L. Cal the Great in Asia. He incurred Alexander's ill will, and was probably put to death by his order. Call is to (ka-lis'tō). [Gr. Καλλιστώ.] In Greek mythology, an Arcadian huntre , a companion of Artemis, beloved of Zeus and transformed by him into a she bear. In this form she was slain by Artemis in the chase. She was placed among the stars as the constellation Arctos (Bear). Call i stratus (ka-lis'tra-tus). [Gr. Καλλίστρατος .] An A then i an orator. He commanded with Chabrias and Timotheus the forces which were despatched to the a istance of Thebes against Sparta in 378, and executed a number of emba ies. In 366 he delivered a speech on the lo of Oropus, which is said to have determined Demosthenes to devote himself to the study of oratory. He was sentenced to death for political reasons in 361, as a result of which he went into exile. He subsequently returned, and was put to death. He is said to have founded the city of Datum, afterward Philippi, during his exile. Call i stratus. A Greek grammarian who lived about the middle of the 2d century B. C. He was of Greece, thienthronemenderators ofcients, but which are now lost. He is said on doubtful authority to have been the first to acquaint the Samians with the alphabet of twenty-four letters. Call i stratus. A Roman jurist who lived about the beginning of the 3d century A. D. He is said to have been a pupil of Papinian and to have been a mem purnius Piso Cæsoninus, and last wife of Julius Cæsar, whom she married 59 в. с. She ap- pears in Shakspere's tragedy "Julius Cæsar." Calpurnia gens (kal-pėr'ni-ä jenz). In an- cient Rome, a plebeian clan or house which claimed to be descended from Calpus, the third son of Numa. Its family names under the re- public were Bestia, Bibulus, Flamma, and Piso. The first member of this gens who obtained the consulship was C. Calpurnius Piso (180 в. с.). Calpurnius (kal-pėr'ni-us), Titus (or Caius), surnamed Siculus ('the Sicilian'). A Latin pastoral poet who lived about the time of Nero. Seven eclogues, a panegyric (“De laude Pisonis"), and two fragments of bucolic poems are attributed to him. Four other eclogues formerly regarded as his are now referred to Nemesia nus, a poet once thought to be identical with Calpurnius. Cal tan is sett a (käl-tä-ne-set'tä). A province in Sicily. Area, 1,263 square miles. Popula- tion (1891), 308,673. Cal tan is sett a. The capital of the province of Cal tan is sett a, Sicily, situated in lat. 37° 26′ N., long. 14° 7' E. Ít has a cathedral. Popu- lati on (1891), estimated, 35,000. Calton Hill (kal' ton hil). A height in the north- eastern part of Edinburgh. ber of the council of Alexander Severus. He is known Calumet (kal'ū-met). A town in Houghton chiefly on account of the numerous extracts from his works County, in the northwestern part of the Upper in the "Digest" of Just in i an. None of his works is ex tant. Callot (kä-lō'), Jacques. Born at Nancy, France, 1592: died at Nancy, Nancy, March 28, 1635. A French engraver and painter. Call to the Unconverted. A religious work by Richard Baxter, published in 1657, known as "Baxter's Call." Calmar. See Kalmar . Calmet (käl-mā'), Dom August in. Born at Mesnil-la-Horgne, near Toul, France, Feb. 26, 1672: died at Paris, Oct. 25, 1757. A noted French Benedictine scholar and biblical critic. He was the author of numerous works, including "Comment a ire sur to us les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament" (1707-16), a "Dictionnaire hist or i que, critique et chronologique de la Bible" (1722-28). Calmon (käl-môn'), Marc Antoine. Born at Tamniès, Dordogne, France, March 3, 1815: died at Paris, Oct. 13, 1890. A French politician and political economist. He was chosen life senator in 1875. He published "His to ire parlement a ire des finances de la restauration" (1868-70), etc. Calmon du Pin e Almeida (käl-môn' dü pan' ēäl-ma'dä), Miguel. Born at Santo Amaro, Bahia, Dec. 22, 1796: died at Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 5, 1865. A Brazilian statesman. He was member of the constituent a embly 1822; several times Peninsula of Michigan. It is noted for its copper-mines. Calumet, or Calumick (kal'ū-mik). A river in northwestern Indiana, and in Cook County, Illinois. It flows into Lake Michigan by two mouths, one near Chicago, the other in Lake County, Indiana. Calvados (käl-vä-dos'). A department in Normandy, France, lying between the English Channel on the north, Eure on the east, Orne on the south, and Manche on the west and south. Its capital is Caen. Area, 2,132 square miles. Population (1891), 428,945. Calvaert, or Calvart (käl-värt'; F. pron. kälvär'), Denis, called Dionisio Fiammingo. Born at Antwerp, 1556: died at Bologna, Italy, March 17, 1619. A Flemish painter belonging to the Bolognese school. His best works are ter belonging at Bologna. Calvary (kal'va-ri). 1. A word occurring in the New Testament (Luke xxiii. 33), adopting the calvaria by which the Vulgate translates the Greek kranion , which itself is the rendering of the Aramean golgotha , skull: it is not a proper name. The popular name "Mount Calvary" is not warranted by any statement in the gospels as being that of the place of the Crucifixion. 2. The name of the English version of Spohr's deputy senator from 18 minister on many govern oratorio "The Saviour's Last Hours" ("Des ments, and premier in 1840 and 1843. From 1844 to he was special envoy in Europe. In 1849 he was created viscount, and in 1854 marquis of Abrantes. Calmucks. See Kalmucks . Calne (kän). A town in Wilts hire, England, 16 miles east-northeast of Bath. Population (1891), 3,495. Calneh (kal'ne). One of the four cities of Nimrod in Shinar, or Babylonia (Gen. x. 10), which as yet has not been identified. It is to be distinguished from Calneh of Amos vi. 2, and the Calno of Isa. x. 9, which perhaps refer to one and the same city, identified by some with the Kullani mentioned in the A yrian inscriptions as having been conquered 738 B. c. by Tiglath-Pileser III., and now represented by the ruins of Kullanhu about six miles from Arpad. Calo-Joannes (kal-o-jo-anez), or Joannes II. Comnenus. [Gr. Καλο-Ιωάννης ὁ Κομνηνός.] Born 1088: died April 8, 1143. Byzantine emperor from Aug. 15, 1118, to April 8, 1143: son of Alexis I. whom he succeeded. He carried on succe ful wars against the Turks and Servians, and in 1137 added Armenia Minor to the Greek empire. He conceived the project of conquering the Latin kingdoms of Jerusalem and Antioch, and entered Cilicia with an army, where Calypso verse and translations (1862, 1866, 1869), and a volume of humorous verse, parodies, etc., "Fly Leaves," in 1872. Calvert (kal'vert), Cecilius or Cecil, Lord Baltimore. Born about 1605: died at London, Nov. 30, 1675. The first proprietor of Maryland. He was the son of George Calvert, mentioned below, who, having applied for a grant of land in northern Virginia, died before the charter had pa ed the great consequence of which it was i ued the name of his-heir Cecil, June 20, 1632. In Nov., 1633, he sent an expedition of colonists under his brother Leonard to the new domain, which was named Maryland by Charles I. in honor of his queen. He married about 1623 Anne Arundel, whose name is borne by one of the counties of Maryland. Calvert, George, Lord Baltimore. Born at Kipling, Yorkshire, about 1580: died April 15, 1632. The founder of Maryland. He entered Parliament in 1609, and became secretary of state in 1619, a post which he resigned in 1625, on declaring his conversion to the Roman Catholic faith. He was at his resignation raised to the Irish peerage as Baron Baltimore. While secretary of state he obtained from James I. a grant of land, called the province of Avalon, in Newfoundland, where in 1621 he established the settlement of Ferry land. He paid two visits to the colony between 1627 and 1629, which convinced him of the unsuitability of the climate, whereupon he applied for a grant of land (the present Maryland) in northern Virginia, the charter of which, as he died before it had pa ed the great seal, was i ued in the name of his son Cecil in 1632. Calvert, George Henry. Born at Baltimore, Md., Jan. 2, 1803: died at Newport, R. I., May 24, 1889. An American journalist, poet, and IMG:content-0304.png:[blocks in formation] Calves' Head Club. A club said to have been instituted in ridicule of the memory of Charles I. It is first noticed in a tract reprinted in the "Harleian Miscellany called details Head Club," etc., undertaking to show how club for some years, 1693-97, on the anniversary of the king's death. An ax was reverenced, and a dish of calves' heads represented the king and his friends. It seems to have met in secret after the Restoration and till 1734, when some ill will was excited against it, and riots were said to have ensued. Calvi (käl'vē). A fortified port on the western coast of Corsica, in lat. 42°35′ N., long. 8° 46′ E. It was taken by the English in 1794. Calvin (kal'vin), John, originally, in French, Jean Chauvin, or Cauvin, or Caulvin. [L. Johannes Calvin us, G. Johann Calvin , It. Gio vanni Calvino ; L. Calvin us , from calvus , bald.] Born at Noyon, Picardy, France, July 10, 1509: died at Geneva, May 27, 1564. A celebrated Protestant reformer and theologian. He studied at Paris, Orléans, and Bourges; embraced the Reformation about 1528; was banished from Paris in 1533; published his "Institutes" (which see) at Basel in 1536; fled to Geneva in 1536; and was banished in 1538, and returned in 1541. He had a controversy with Bolsec in 1551, and with Servetus in 1553 (see Servetus ), and founded the Academy of Geneva in 1559. Calvo (käl'vo), Balda arre. One of the principal characters in George Eliot's novel "Romola." Calvo, Carlos. Born Feb. 26, 1824: died May 4, 1893. An Argentine historian. He resided for many years at Paris, where most of his works were published. These include important treatises on international law, the "Coleccion de tratados de la America Latina,” also published in French and continued in a second series as "Anales hist or i cos de la revolucion en la America Latina." Calvo, Mariano Enrique. Born at Sucre about 1795: died at Cochabamba, 1842. A Bolivian politician. He was vice-president of the confederation of Peru and Bolivia, 1836-39. In 1840 he attempted a revolt against President Velasco, and was imprisoned. Calvus (kal'vus), Caius Licinius Macer. Born May 28, 82 B. c.: died about 47 B. C. A Roman poet and forensic orator. Calydon (kal'i-don). [Gr. Καλυδών .] In ancient geography, a city of Ætolia, Greece, situated near the river Evenus in lat. 38° 24′ N., long. 21° 34′ E. It is the legendary scene of the hunt of the Calydonian boar (which see). Calydon. A great forest celebrated in the Arthur i an romances. It was supposed to be in the north of England. Calydonian Hunt. In Greek legend, the chase of a savage boar which the godde Artemis, in punishment for a neglect of sacrifice by Eneus, king of Calydon in Ætolia, sent to ravage his country, The bonused by Meleager and a band and was slain by him. In some accounts lante, who was beloved of Meleager, joined the hunt and inflicted the first wound. Calypso (ka-lip'sō). [Gr. Καλυψώ.] In Greek legend, a nymph living in the island of Ogygia, who detained Uly es for seven years. She promised him perpetual youth and immortality if he would remain with her. IMG:content-0305.png:[blocks in formation] Cam (kän), Sp. Cano (kä'nō), Diogo. Lived in Cambay (kam-bā'). A state in Guzerat, India. the last part of the 15th century. A Portuguese navigator. He explored the West African coast to the Kongo 1484-85. Cam (kam), or Granta (gran'tä). A river in Cambridge shire, England, which joins the Ouse 34 miles south of Ely. Length, about 40 miles. See Cambridge . Camden, writing in 1586, recognises the Cam as well as it is a question: some call it Granta , others Camus ." On Speed's map of Cambridge shire (1610) the name Cam oсcurs alone, written twice, once above, and once below, Cambridge; Milton personifies it as a river-god in "Lyci das" (1638): "Next Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe;" and on Loggan's map of Cambridge (1688) the words The River Cam are written out in full, without any other designation. On the other hand, so late as 1702, an Act of Parliament for improving the navigation speaks of the River Cham , alias the Grant . Clark , Cambridge, p. 11. Camacho (kä-mä'chō). A rich but unfortunate man in one of the episodes in "Don Quixote." provided a great feast for his wedding: hence the phrase Camacho's wedding is used to signify great but usele show and expenditure. He is cheated out of his bride, Quiteria, just as It is under British protection. Area, 350 square miles. Cambay, or Kambay (kam-bā'). [Hind. Kham- bhāt .] The capital of the state of Cambay, sit- uated on the Gulf of Cambay in lat. 22° 20′ N., long. 72° 32′ E. It was formerly an important com- mercial city, and the reputed Hindu capital of western India in the 5th century A. D. Population, about 36,000. Cambay, Gulf of. An inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying west of British India, in lat. 21°- 22° 20′ Ν. Cambebas, or Campevas (käm-bā'bäs or käm- pā'väs). A modern name for the Omaguas Indians (which see).