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. Kory`bas.] One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc. [1913 Webster]

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  • CORYBANTES — Cybeles sacerdotes, qui sacrô furore correpti, cymbala pulsabant, capitaque inter saltandum iactantes alios in similem rabiem agebant. Homerus βητάρμονας vocat, Od. θ. v. 250. et 383. Hi primum Idam Phrygiae montem tenuisse dicuntur, postea autem …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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  • Corybantes — Korybanten sind Vegetationsdämonen und orgiastische Ritualtänzer, die die Kybele begleiten. Sie entstammen der griechischen Mythologie. Später wurden so auch die Priester aus dem 3. und 4. Jhd. v.Chr. genannt, die der Kybele mit Waffentänzen,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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