English Explanatory Dictionary

Curete

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Korybant.
  2. One of a legendary tribe of people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian boar, identified in antiquity as either Aetolians or Acarnanians.

Word forms

Curete Curetes

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κουρῆτες (Kourêtes).

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