Curete

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κουρῆτες (Kourêtes).

Noun

Curete (plural Curetes)

  1. (Greek mythology) A Korybant.
  2. (Greek mythology) One of a legendary tribe of people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian boar, identified in antiquity as either Aetolians or Acarnanians.