Definition of Corybantes

1. corybant [n] - See also: corybant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corybantes

corvettes
corvetto
corvettos
corvid
corvids
corvina
corvinas
corvine
corvine bird
corvorant
corvorants
corvuses
corvusite
cory
corybant
corybantes (current term)
corybantiasm
corybantic
corybants
corydaline
corydalines
corydalis
corydalises
corydoras
corylophyline
coryluses
corymb
corymbed
corymbiferous
corymbiform

Literary usage of Corybantes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Larcher's Notes on Herodotus: Historical and Critical Comments on the by Pierre-Henri Larcher (1844)
"The corybantes and Hecate were there invoked ; whence this island obtained the name of the city of the corybantes '. LII. 147. ..."

2. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, John David Ogilby (1839)
"... at the time of the Theban expedition, the few survivors united and became priests of Ceres. Others identify the Cabiri with the Curetes, corybantes, ..."

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