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Cybele

[ sib-uh-lee ]

noun

  1. a mother goddess of Phrygia and Asia Minor, identified by the Greeks with Rhea and by the Romans with Ops.


Cybele

/ ˈsɪbɪlɪ /

noun

  1. classical myth the Phrygian goddess of nature, mother of all living things and consort of Attis; identified with the Greek Rhea or Demeter


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He chose his sister Rhea (Cybele) for his wife, and gave his brothers and sisters different parts of the universe to govern.

Cybele stands as a middle term half-way between these dark forms and the Greek or Roman.

Like another Cybele, with her turreted diadem, and gods for her children, in her arms and in her lap.

I am glad I shall just have time to make sure of the satrap's little daughter, and to visit the grove of Cybele at last.

Rhea or Cybele, sprung from the Earth, was "mother of all the gods."

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