Curetes

This page is about the Greek mythological figure. For the bird, see Rhea .Rhea was the Titaness daughter of Ouranos, the sky, and Gaia, the earth, in classical Greek mythology...

The Korybantes were the crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are also called the Kurbantes in Phrygia, and Corybants in an older English transcription...

Ancient Greece is the civilisation belonging to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth. It is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the...

Homer, in the Iliad, mentions the Curetes as a legendary people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian Boar. Strabo mentioned that the Curetes were assigned multiple identities and places of origin . However, he clarified the identity of the Curetes and regarded them solely as Aetolians...