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Topic Options #115279 - 11/04/03 08:38 AM Corybant wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 The capitalization of "Corybant" makes it sound as though it refers to an individual. I think it refers to a group of priests. I would not care to join them, since I have read that in their frenzy, they castrated themselves. Here is a link to a discussion of Cybele, which regrettably doesn't mention the priests: http://www.bcholmes.org/wicca/myths/cybele.html Top #115280 - 11/05/03 12:37 AM Re: Corybant Bingley Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/09/00 Posts: 3065 Loc: Jakarta Corybant is indeed singular. The plural is Corybantes. For a bit mmore information on the Corybantes see: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062&query=head=#2965 Bingley _________________________ Bingley Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13692 Topics 210108 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 48 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 98 wofahulicodoc 71 endymion6 70 jenny jenny 66 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 18 Faldage 13 tsuwm 9 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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