Agdistis

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Noun1.Agdistis - Asiatic epithet for Rhea or CybeleAgdistis - Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele  
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In a monograph by Kopij (2006) on the fauna of the Lepidoptera of Lesotho, only a single species of Pterophoridae is given, Agdistis pustulalis Walker.
The last of about 1,800 victories was with Agdistis in a juvenile hurdle at Worcester.
According to the Phrygian tale, Attis was a beautiful youth born of Nana, the daughter of the river Sangarius, and the hermaphroditic Agdistis. Having become enamored of Attis, Agdistis struck him with frenzy as he was about to be married, with the result that Attis castrated himself and died.
He retired in 1996, his last winner coming when Agdistis won at Worcester on October 12 that year, and had latterly moved to Corsham in Wiltshire.
Great Mother of the Gods, Cybebealso called Cybele or Agdistis , Dindymene ,
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