CABEIRIDES (Kabeirides) - Samothracian Nymphs of Greek Mythology (original) (raw)

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Greek Name

Καβειρις Καβειριδες

Transliteration

Kabeiris, Kabeirides

Latin Spelling

Cabeiris, Cabeirides

Translation

Of the Cabeiri

THE NYMPHAI KABEIRIDES (Cabeirides) were three nymphs who presided over the orgiastic rites of Samothracian Mysteries.

They were perhaps identified with the Hekaterides--sisters of the Daktyloi (Dactyls) of Mount Ida.

PARENTS

[1] HEPHAISTOS & KABEIRO (Pherecydes Frag, Strabo 10.3.21)
[2] KADMILOS (Acusilaus Frag, Strabo 10.3.21)

ENCYCLOPEDIA

AXI′EROS (Axieros), a daughter of Cadmilus, and one of the three Samothracian Cabeiri. According to the Paris-Scholia on Apollonius (i. 915-921), she was the same as Demeter. The two other Cabeiri were Axiocersa (Persephone), and Axiocersus (Hades).

Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Strabo, Geography 10. 3. 21 (trans. Jones) (Greek geographer C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"Akousilaüs (Acusilaus) [Greek mythographer C6th B.C.], the Argive, calls Kadmilos (Cadmilus) the son of Kabeiro (Cabeiro) and Hephaistos (Hephaestus), and Kadmilos the father of three Kabeiroi (Cabiri), and these the fathers of the Nymphai (Nymphs) called Kabeirides (Cabirides).
Pherekydes (Pherecydes) [mythographer C5th B.C.] says that . . . three Kabeiroi and three Nymphai called Kabeirides were the children of Kabeiro, the daughter of [the sea-god] Proteus, and Hephaistos, and that sacred rites were instituted in honor of each triad."

SOURCES

GREEK

• Strabo, Geography - Greek Geography C1st B.C. - C1st A.D.

OTHER SOURCES

Other references not currently quoted here: Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius 1.917.

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