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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.
Lucretius by Claudeinstitution
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.