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Definition of Corybants
1. corybant [n] - See also: corybant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corybants
Literary usage of Corybants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"... and the owl Gave voice unto the wizardry of light ; While in some dim-lit
chancel of the night, Shouts to the goddess, wolfish corybants Intoned their ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1901)
"... boon of im- 1 We shall limit ourselves to three Mysteries, the Eleusinian,
the Orphic, and the Bacchic, omitting those of the corybants, of Aphrodite, ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1906)
"... ears like the clang of the cymbals of the corybants, and they can hear nothing
else." Thus you not only awaken a new interest, you arouse a higher life. ..."
4. Euripides by Euripides (1912)
"... 120 О bower of the Babe Zeus' birth, [glancing Where the corybants, dancing
with helm-crests Through the dark halls under the earth, This timbrel found ..."
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