Curetes
deity mountain Greek single tradition · 2
The Curetes are protective spirits or minor deities who, along with the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, received the infant Zeus from Rhea to nurse and protect on Mount Ida in Crete.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 BCE
- Attested period
- -600 – 362
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in connection with Cybele's cult and the infant Zeus.
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Sources
Source passages
“The Titaness Rhea gave her son, the infant Zeus, to the Curetes and the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, daughters of Melisseus, to nurse”
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“They include the armed Curetes, who danced around Zeus and clashed their shields to amuse him.”
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