CASTALIO 
 
 
sabres. They then hacked the carcass into 
four parts, placed them near the door, and 
left the cave. Ali Baba carried off the body 
and had it decently interred.-Arabian 
Nights (" Ali Baba, or the Forty Thieves "). 
 
  Cas'sio (Michael), a Florentine, lieuten- 
ant in the Venetian army under the com- 
mand of Othello. Simple minded but not 
strong-minded, and therefore easily led by 
others who possessed greater power of will. 
Being overcome with wine, he engaged in 
a street-brawl, for which he was suspended 
by Othello, but Desdemona pleaded for his 
restoration. Iago made capital of this in- 
tercession to rouse the jealousy of the 
Moor. Cassio's "almost" wife was Bianca, 
his mistress.-Shakespeare, Othello (1611). 
  "Cassio" is brave, benevolent, and honest, 
ruined only by his want of stubbornness to re- 
sist an insidious invitation.-Dr. Johnson. 
 
  Cassiodo'rus (Marcus Aurelius), a great 
statesman and learned writer of the sixth 
century, who died at the age of one hun- 
dred, in A.D. 562. He filled many high 
offices under Theod'oric, but ended his 
days in a convent. 
     Listen awhile to a learned prelection 
     On Marcus Aurelius Cassiodorus. 
            Longfellow, The Golden Legend. 
 
  Cassiope'ia, wife of Ce'pheus (2 syl.) 
king of Ethiopia, and mother of Androm'- 
eda. She boasted herself to be fairer than 
the sea-nymphs, and Neptune, to punish 
her, sent a huge sea-serpent to ravage her 
husband's kingdom. At death she was 
made a constellation, consisting of thirteen 
stars, the largest of which form a "chair" 
or imperfect W. 
             -.. had you been 
        Sphered up with Cassiopeia. 
                Tennyson, The Princess, iv. 
 
  Cassius, instigator of the conspiracy 
 
 
against Julius Cmesar, and friend of Brutus. 
-Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (1607). 
  Brutus. The last of all the Romans, fare tLee 
    well! 
It is impossible that ever Rome 
Should breed thy fellow. Friends, I owe more 
    tears 
To this dead man than you shall see me pay. 
I shall find time, Cassius, I shall find time. 
                            Act. v. sc. 3. 
  Charles Mayne Young trod the boards with 
freedom.  His countenance was equally well 
adapted for the expression of pathos or of pride; 
thus in such parts as "Hamlet," "Beverley," 
"The Stranger," "Pierre," "Zanga," and "Cas-

sius," he looked the men he represented.-Rev. 
J. Young, Eife of C. 11. Young. 
  *** "Hamlet" (Shakespeare); "Bever- 
ley"   (The   Gamester, Moore);    "The 
Stranger" (B. Thompson) ; "Pierre" (Ven- 
ice Preserved, Otway); "Zanga" (Revenge, 
Young). 
 
  Cassy, a colored woman, mistress of Le- 
gree, in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle 
Tom's Cabin. Disgusted with her master 
and with her life, she befriends another 
woman, even more helpless than herself, 
and by stratagem and force of will con- 
trives her escape (1852). 
 
  Castagnette (Captain), a hero whose 
stomach was replaced by a leather one 
made by Desgenettes [Da'.ge.net'], but his 
career was soon ended by a bomb-shell, 
which blew him into atoms.-Manuel, A 
French Extravaganza. 
 
  Casta'lio, son of lord Acasto, and Poly- 
dore's twin-brother. Both the brothers 
loved their father's ward, Monim'ia "the 
orphan." The love of Polydore was dis- 
honorable love, but Castalio loved her 
truly and married her in private. On the 
bridal night Polydore by treachery took 
his brother's place, and next day, when 
Monimia discovered the deceit which had 
 
 
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