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Cabiri

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[kuh-bahy-rahy, -ree] / kəˈbaɪ raɪ, -ri /
Also Cabeiri,

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.


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Garfield himself was drawn to Murphy’s phrase for what the Cabiri do: “performative mythology.”

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2013

Cabiri artistic director John Murphy has been fascinated with it for decades, he says, and was lucky enough to visit it in 2001.

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2013

Or ghost stories by candlelight with aerial troupe the Cabiri -- with members of the audience being chosen as storytellers.

From Seattle Times Sep. 14, 2012

Watching members of the Cabiri when they're first working out their routines makes clear just how difficult that is.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2011

Next to Astarte in the series of the Cabiri comes Baal Melkarth of Tyre, who is known to the Greeks under the name of Cadmus.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max

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