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One of the attendants of the Greek nature goddess Cybele who were supposed to accompany her with wild dances and music. (plural)

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  • Sangarre, holding one of those daires, which she played between her hands, encouraged this troupe of veritable corybantes.
  • She dreamed that at Ostrianum Nero, at the head of a whole band of Augustians, bacchantes, corybantes, and gladiators, was trampling crowds of
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