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The Curetes

the Curetes

also: Dictaean Curetes

Armed attendants who, in Cretan myth, drowned out the infant Jupiter's cries by beating their shields; their armed dance survives in the procession of Cybele.

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On the Nature of Things poetry · 1 mention

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