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Definition of Agdistis
1. Noun. Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele.
Definition of Agdistis
1. Noun. (Greek god) A hermaphroditic being, associated with the worship of Cybele or Rhea. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agdistis
Literary usage of Agdistis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Ancient and Mediaeval Geography for the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1871)
"The Bellona of Comana was probably no other than the Anaitis of the Persians and
Armenians, and perhaps the agdistis and Cybele of the Phrygians. ..."
2. The Great Mother of the Gods by Grant Showerman (1901)
"agdistis at Pessinus. SS Another version, differing only in details, is given by
Arnobius, a Christian writer of the fourth century, on the authority of a ..."
3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1880)
"But at the moment when the hymeneal eong had commenced, agdistis appeared, ...
agdistis now repented her deed, and obtained from Zeus the promise that the ..."
4. History of Art in Phrygia, Lydia, Caria, and Lycia by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1892)
"4 It is possible that agdistis may be a local name, ... In other forms of the
myth, agdistis has ceased to be a male god, and appears with all the ..."
5. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1891)
"Neun- tion agreeing approximately with that of agdistis, but veins 8 and 9, which
run to the costal margin above the apex, are from a common stem ; there ..."
6. Pausanias' Description of Greece by Pausanias (1900)
"And as the Lid's beauty was more than human, agdistis grew violently in love with
him. ... And the wed- • ding song was being sung when agdistis appeared, ..."
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