Chelae
Chelae, the arms (of Scorpio, which extend into Libra, hence), Libra
sol a torrente retorsit / mitis equos Cancro, ‥ / succendens Chelas
chelae, arum. f. et, v. chele
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Chēlae ārum, f
- , Χηλαί, the arms (of Scorpio, which extend into Libra, hence), Libra, V.
CHELAE
CHELAE (Χῆλαι), a place on the coast of Bithynia, marked in the Table. Arrian (p. 13) places it 20 stadia east of the island Thynias, and 180 west of the mouth of the Sangarius. It is generally identified with a cape named Kefken in the maps.
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