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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...
- DND 1st cent. BC Aegipan Aega, Aix or Boetis Hyg. Fab. 1st cent. AD Corybantes Calliope Strabo 1st cent. AD Colaxes Hora Valer. Flacc. 1st cent. AD Tantalus...
- shields to amuse him; their supposedly Phrygian equivalents, the youthful Corybantes, who provided similarly wild and martial music, dance and song; and the...
- Heinze 2005, para. 3. Heinze 2005, paras. 5–6. Hard, p. 72. Tripp, s.v. Corybantes, p. 172. Hard, p. 219. Hard, p. 75. Grimal, s.v. Curetes, p. 117. Gordon...
- 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...
- related to Corybantes delopia. Wikispecies has information related to Corybantes delopia. Savela, Markku (September 23, 2017). "Corybantes delopia (Druce...
- Corybantes pylades. Wikispecies has information related to Corybantes pylades. Corybantes at funet Osservazioni su alcuni taxa dei generi: Corybantes...