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• CURETES (Gr. Kobprjres and KovA-res)

CURETES (Gr. Kobprjres and KovA-res)  . (I) A legendary See also:

• PEOPLE

people mentioned by See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer (Il. ix . 529 ff.) as taking See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel over the Calydonian See also:

• BOAR (0. Eng. bar; the word is found only in W. Ger. languages, cf. Dutch beer, Ger. Eber)

boar . They were identified in antiquity as either Aetolians or Acarnanians (See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo 462, 26), and were also represented by a stock in See also:

• CHALCIS

Chalcis in See also:

• EUBOEA (pronounced Evvia in the modern language)

Euboea . (2) In See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology (unconnected with the above), the attendants of See also:

• RHEA

Rhea . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story went that they saved the See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus from his See also:

• FATHER

father Cronus in See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete by surrounding his See also:

• CRADLE (of uncertain etymology, possibly connected with " crate " and " creel," i.e. basket; the derivation from a Celtic word, with a sense of rocking, is scouted by the New English Dictionary)

cradle and with clashing of See also:

• SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword and See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield preventing his cries from being heard, and thus became the See also:

• BODY

body-guard of the See also:

• GOD

god and the first priests of Zeus and Rhea . In historic times the cult of the See also:

• CURETES (Gr. Kobprjres and KovA-res)

Curetes was widely known in See also:

• GREECE

Greece in connexion with that of Rhea (q.v.) . Its ceremonies consisted principally in the performance of the Pyrrhic See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance to the See also:

• ACCOMPANIMENT (i.e. that which " accompanies ")

accompaniment of See also:

• HYMNS

hymns and See also:

• FLUTE

flute See also:

• MUSIC

music, by the priests, who represented and thus cornmemorated the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of the Curetes themselves . The dance was originally distinguished from that of the See also:

• CORYBANTES (Gr. Kopb(3avrer)

Corybantes by its See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative moderation, and took on the full See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the latter only after the cult of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• MOTHER

Mother, See also:

• CYBELE, or CYBEBE (Gr. Ku/3X, Ku,(3i7sn)

Cybele, to which it belonged, spread to See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• SOIL

soil . The origin of the dance may have lain in the supposed efficacy of See also:

• NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise in averting evil . The Curetes are represented in See also:

• ART

art with shield and sword performing the sacred dance about the infant Zeus, sometimes in the presence of a See also:

• FEMALE

female figure which may be Rhea . Their number in art is usually two or three, but in literature is some-times as high as ten .

. Of their names the following have survived: Kures, Kres, Biennos, Eleuther, Itanos, Labrandos, Panamoros, Palaxos; but no See also:

• COMPLETE

complete See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of names is possible because of their confusion with the names of the Corybantes and other like deities . Their origin is variously related: they were See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, sprung of the See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain, sons of Zeus and See also:

• HERA

Hera, sons of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo and Danais, sons of Rhea, of the Dactyli, contemporary with the See also:

• TITANS (Gr. Ttraaves)

Titans (Diod . Sic. v . 66) . See also:

• RATIONALISM (from Lat. rationalis, pertaining to reason, ratio)

Rationalism made them the mortal sons of a mortal Zeus, or originators of the Pyrrhic dance, inventors of weapons, fosterers of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, regulators of social See also:

• LIFE

life, &c . A plausible theory is that of Georg Kaibel (Gottinger Nachrichten, 1901, pp . 512-514), who See also:

• SEES

sees in them, together with the Corybantes, Cabeiri, Dactyli, Telchines, Titans, &c., only the same beings under different names at different times and in different places, Kaibel holds that they all had a phallic significance, having once been great See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive deities of procreation, and that having: fallen to an indistinct, subordinate position in the course of the development and formalization of Greek See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, they survive in historic times only as See also:

• HALF

half divine, half demonic beings, worshipped in connexion with the various forms of the great nature goddess . The resemblances, especially between Rhea and her Curetes and the Great Mother and her Corybantes (q.v.), were so striking that their origins were inextricably confused even in the minds of the ancients: e.g . See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius of Scepsis (Strabo 469, 12) derives the Curetes and Rhea from the cult of the Great Mother in See also:

• ASIA

Asia, while See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil (Aen. iii . III) looks upon the latter and the Corybantes as derivations from the former . The See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of both was akin in nature to that of the Dactyli, the Cabeiri, and even of See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus, the See also:

• SPECIAL

special visible See also:

• BOND
• BOND, SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898)

bond being the orgiastic character of their See also:

• RITES

rites . Consult Immisch in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's See also:

• LEXICON

Lexicon, s. v .

"Kureten." (G .