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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 ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Jupiter chose the oak, Venus the myrtle, Apollo the laurel, Cybele the pine, and Hercules the poplar. The priests of Cybele do not so rattle their sounding brass. 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. |
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