CURETES. - Minor Greek deities; believed to be autochthonous or sons of Zeus, worshipped especially in Crete, where they were said to have been the founders of many cities. They were benevolent demons, protectors of cities and of flocks, tamers of animals, endowed with the gift of prophecy, inventors of weapons.
Their number varies from one to ten. Rhea is said to have entrusted the infant Zeus to them, and they are said to have hidden his cries by beating their weapons together and dancing the pyrrhic dance, of which they were the inventors. The principal seats of their cult were Crete, Euboea, Messene and Ephesus, where they were connected with the rivalry between Hera and Leto. They were identified with the Telchines, the Dactyls, the Corybantes, etc.
Bibliography2 worksJ. Harrison, The Kourites and Zeus Kouras, in Annual of the British School at Athens, 15 (1908-1909), p. 308 ff.; M. Nilsson, The Minoan-Myc
BIBL.: J. Harrison, The Kourites and Zeus Kouras, in Annual of the British School at Athens, 15 (1908-1909), p. 308 ff.; M. Nilsson, The Minoan-Mycenean Religion, Oxford 1927, p. 472 ff.
Banti, Luisa. “Cureti.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1076. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/cureti.
MLA
Banti, Luisa. “Cureti.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1076. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cureti.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_cureti,
author = {Banti, Luisa},
title = {Cureti},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1076},
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/cureti}
}
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