Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Non-Christian religions Particular topics

Corybantes

CORIBANTI

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Also known as: German: Korybanten; Greek: Korybantes; Corybants, Korybantes, Korybants

CORYBANTES. - Minor Greek divinities, perhaps pre-Hellenic, originally from Phrygia. The Greeks called them either autochthonous, or sons of the Idaean Dactyls, or of Cronus and Cybele, or of Helios and Athena, etc. They were often identified with the Curetes (like them, in fact, they foretold the future and had protected Zeus against Cronus), with the Dactyls and with the Cabiri. They were claimed to perform miraculous healings. Their cult consisted of orgiastic dances: priests and initiates, excited by wild dances and shouts, by the sound of cymbals, timpani and flutes, wounded one another. In Rome they were identified with the Lares.

Bibliography

BIBL.: M. P. Nilsson, Geschichte der griechischen Religion, I, Munich 1941 (v. index).

Luisa Banti

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By Luisa Banti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 549.

More by Luisa Banti: Cornacchini, Agostino · Cronie · Chronos · Chthonic Deities · Curetes

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Banti, Luisa. “Coribanti.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 549. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/coribanti.

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Banti, Luisa. “Coribanti.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 549. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/coribanti.

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@incollection{ec4_coribanti,
  author    = {Banti, Luisa},
  title     = {Coribanti},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {549},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/coribanti}
}

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