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The CABIROI
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The CABIROI are the children of
Hephaestus and
Cabiro, a Thracian woman, daughter of
Proteus 2, the seer who
is known as the Old Man of the Sea. The surviving
names of the CABIROI are Alcon 5 and Eurymedon 5.
Three of them (the others are not named) are said
to be the children of Cadmilus, who is also a son
of Hephaestus and
Cabiro. But those who said that the CORYBANTES are
sons of Zeus and Calliope,
also say that the CORYBANTES and the CABIROI are
identical. The NYMPHS CABIROIDES are the daughters
of the CABIROI, though three of them are said to be
the children of
Hephaestus and
Cabiro. The CABIROI were honored in Imbros,
Lemnos, and also in
different cities of the Troad.
DH.1.23.5; Hdt.3.37; Nonn.14.19; Strab.10.3.21.
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The CURETES
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The CURETES, often identified with the
CORYBANTES, guarded the infant
Zeus, clashing their spears
on their shields in order that
Cronos might not hear the
child's voice. They could have been descendants of
the DACTYLS. Their life
is the tune of pipes, and the noise of beaten
swords. They have been described as flute-players,
and wearing brazen shields. They have been called
the rearers and protectors of
Zeus, having been summoned
from Phrygia to
Crete by
Rhea 1. Offspring of
Gaia.
Apd.1.1.7, 1.8.3, 2.1.3; Cal.Ze.51;
DH.2.70.3ff.; Dio.5.60.2, 5.65.1; Eur.Bacc.120;
Nonn.13.155; Vir.Geo.4.151; Strab.10.3.11, 10.3.19.
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The TELCHINES
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About the TELCHINES it is said that, together
with Caphira, nurtured
Poseidon, whom
Rhea 1 committed as a babe
to their care. Of the nine TELCHINES who lived in
Rhodes, those who
accompanied Rhea 1 to
Crete, and reared
Zeus in his youth were
named CURETES [see above]. However, others have
said that the TELCHINES are the offspring of
Poseidon and Thalatta
(the Sea).
The TELCHINES were the first inhabitants of
Rhodes, which was then
called Telchinis, and are said to have come to this
island from Cyprus, though being originallt from
Crete. Those TELCHINES who
came from the city of Ialysus were flooded by
Zeus, but others,
foreseeing the catastrophe, left the island and
were scattered. One of them, Lycus 12, went to
Lycia and built beside the river Xanthus the temple
of Apollo Lycius. Other
TELCHINES, like Damnameneus 2 and Scelmis, are said
to have joined Dionysus
2 in his Indian campaign.
Some have considered the TELCHINES to be
malignant sorcerers, who poured the water of the
infernal river Styx mixed, as some say, with
sulphur, upon animals and plants with the purpose
of destroying them. But others have said that this
bad reputation has its origin in the
Envy of rival workmen,
caused by the excellence of the TELCHINES'
workmanship. For they are said to have been the
first to fashion statues of gods, those who made
Cronos' sickle, and to
have discovered other arts as well, being the first
to work iron and brass.
Dio.5.55.1-2; Nonn.14.36; Stat.Theb.2.274;
Strab.10.3.19.
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