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Cybele

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Cyb·e·le  (sb-l)
n. Mythology
A goddess of nature and fertility in Asia Minor and later in Greece, whose worship was marked by ecstatic and frenzied states.
Cybele [ˈsɪbɪlɪ]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth the Phrygian goddess of nature, mother of all living things and consort of Attis; identified with the Greek Rhea or Demeter
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Noun1.CybeleCybele - great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops
Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita


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Jupiter chose the oak, Venus the myrtle, Apollo the laurel, Cybele the pine, and Hercules the poplar.
Fables by Aesop View in context
The priests of Cybele do not so rattle their sounding brass.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Towards the second evening she reached the irregular chalk table-land or plateau, bosomed with semi-globular tumuli--as if Cybele the Many-breasted were supinely extended there--which stretched between the valley of her birth and the valley of her love.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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