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Definition of Corybantes

Corybantes
Corybant Cor"y*bant (k?r"?-b?nt), n.; pl. E. Corybants (-b?nts), oftener L. Corybantes (-b?n"t?z). [L. Corybas, Gr. ????.] One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.

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- According to Gr**** mythology, the Korybantes or Corybantes (also Corybants) (/ˌkɒrɪˈbæntiːz/; Ancient Gr****: Κορύβαντες) were the armed and crested dancers...
- Muses. According to Apollodorus, she and Apollo were the parents of the Corybantes. Muses in po****r culture Thalia Theatre (disambiguation) Thalia (Grace)...
- able to choose one of them, he decided to remain unwed. He fathered the Corybantes by the Muse Thalia. By Calliope, he had Hymenaios, Ialemus, Orpheus and...
- turned them into magpies. In some accounts, Calliope is the mother of the Corybantes by her father Zeus. She was sometimes believed to be Homer's muse for...
- shields to amuse him; their supposedly Phrygian equivalents, the youthful Corybantes, who provided similarly wild and martial music, dance and song; and the...
- Africans. In some accounts, Cronus was also called the father of the Corybantes. Cronus is featured in one of the works of satirical writer Lucian of...
- Corybantes is a genus of moths within the family Castniidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. Corybantes delopia (Druce, 1907) Corybantes mathani...
- Corybantes veraguana is a moth in the Castniidae family. It is found in Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Corybantes veraguana veraguana (Panama) Corybantes...
- via Google Books. Flagler, J. M. (6 December 1958). "A Far Cry from the Corybantes". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-06-30. Anwar, S**** Tariq; Anwar, Susan...
- one of the muses, either Calliope, or Clio, or Terpsic****, or Urania. Corybantes were the children of Thalia and Apollo. In the sanctuary of Hera in Coroneia...