Corybantes

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ancient Greek deity

Wikidata ID: Q631406

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St. Jerome, Chronicon§B1543  The Curetes and Corybantes founded Cnossos: who discovered the musical and harmonious dance in -1543
Euripides, Hippolytus§140  daughter, Whether from Pan or Hecate, Or from the revered Corybantes are you Wandering, or from the mountain mother? -1000
Euripides, Bacchae§120  O hallowed haunts in Crete, that saw Zeus born, where Corybantes with crested helms devised for me in their grotto the -1000
Callimachus, Hymn to Zeus§46  But thee, O Zeus, the companions of the Cyrbantes took to their arms, even the Dictaean Meliae, and Adrasteia -1000
Lycophron, Alexandra§69  dogs are slain, even Saos, the strong foundation of the Cyrbantes, what time the plashing rain of Zeus laid waste -1000
Diodorus Siculus, Library 1-7§3.55.7  her own sons, who are known by the name of Corybantes— who their father was is handed down in their -1000
Diodorus Siculus, Library 1-7§5.49.3  goddess Cybele after herself; and Corybas gave the name of Corybantes to all who, in celebrating the rites of his mother, -1000
Virgil, Aeneid§3.69  who inhabits Cybele is Cretan, and the cymbals of the Corybantes, and the grove of Ida: from Crete came the -1000
Apollodorus, Library§1.3.4  say his mother was Calliope. Thalia had by Apollo the Corybantes; and Melpomene had by Achelous the Sirens, of whom -1000
Hyginus, Fabulae§139  In Greek they are called 'Curetes'; others call them ' Corybantes '; these [in Italy? ], however are called 'Lares.' -1000
Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations§2.5  are performed in honour of Attis and Cybele and he Corybantes by the Phrygians, who have spread it abroad how that -1000
Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations§2.10  [the Cabeiri] also, this is the story. Two of the Corybantes slew a third one, who was their brother, covered the -1000
Clement of Alexandria, Exhortations§2.10  the pomegranates spring from the drops of Dionysus' blood. The Corybantes are called by the name Cabeiri, which proclaims the rite -1000
Orphic Argonautica§17  oath of Idaeus, and of the immense oak of the Corybantes, and of the wanderings of Demeter, her great sorrow -1000
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§72  and crosses the Danube river, leaving the dwelling of the Corybantes, and came to Ilium. When did he do this? -1000
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§78  saying something like 'or of Saos or of Mosychlos'. The Corybantes are spirits around Rhea, those who guarded Zeus. The name -1000
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§78  The name of a nation or of spirits. Otherwise, the Corybantes, who are spirits around Rhea, established the Saon cave. -1000
Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem§78  children of the Danaid nymph Cresse and Apollo, while the Corybantes are the children of Thaleia and Apollo. -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§3.55  air with loud cries; already the helmeted bands of desert-haunting Corybants were beating on their shields in the Cnossian dance, and -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§3.77  The noisy Corybants with their ringing din awoke Cadmos early in the morning; -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§9.160  drawn by ravening lions. Within that godwelcoming courtyard, the tripping Corybants would surround Dionysos with their childcherishing dance, and clash their -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§9.160  the shields he grew up under the care of the Corybants like his father. -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§13.8  Rheia's feet with suppliant lips. Rheia unsmiling beckoned, and the Corybants served her beside the bowl of the divine table. Wondering -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§13.135  The Euboian battalions were ruled by shieldbearing Corybants, guardians of Dionysos in his growing days: who in -1000
Nonnus, Dionysiaca§13.393  shaded with woodland copses, and divine Zerynthos of the unresting Corybants, the foundation of renowned Perseis, where the rocks are -1000
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