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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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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

“Ailuran,” he adds, is just the prequel to an ambitious planned trilogy that will span 9,000 years of human myth: “It’s hands-down the most challenging work the Cabiri has ever done.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2013

His involvement in “Ailuran” is clearly thrilling to Murphy and Cabiri managing director Charly McCreary.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2013

Whatever their background, the performers of the Cabiri use their talents to bring myths from around the world to life.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2011

A peculiar reverence was enjoyed among the Cabiri by the deity who was added as an eighth to these seven; his name was Esmun, i. e. the Eighth.

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

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