κούρητες

• young men, esp. young warriors, κούρητες Παναχαιῶν, Ἀχαιῶν, Il. 19.193, 248.
• • II as pr.n., Κουρῆτες (Hdn.Gr. 1.63, al.), Dor. Κωρῆτες, divinities coupled with Nymphs and Satyrs, K. θεοὶ φιλοπαίγμονες ὀρχηστῆρες Hes. Fr. 198; worshipped in Crete, Κωρῆτας καὶ Νύμφας καὶ Κύρβαντας GDI 5039.14 (Hierapytna); Κωρῆσι τοῖς πρὸ καρταιπόδων ib.iv p.1036 (Gortyn); K. Διὸς τροφεῖς λέγονται Str. 10.3.19, cf. 11, E. Ba. 120 (lyr.), Orph. H. 38.1, Fr. 151, etc.: prov., Κουρήτων στόμα, of prophecy, Zen. 4.61. (Sg. only late, ὁ Κορόνους δηλοῖ νοῦν καὶ τὸν Κουρῆτα τούτου Dam. Pr. 267.)
  • • 2 armed dancers who celebrated orgiastic rites, Str. 10.3.7: hence used to translate Lat. Salii, D.H. 2.70; Κουρήτων Βάκχος ἐκλήθην ὁσιωθείς E. Fr. 472.14 (lyr.).
    • 3 at Ephesus, religious college of six members, συνέδριον Κουρήτων Ephes. 2 No.83c, cf. SIG 353.1 (iv B. C.), Str. 14.1.20.
  • III pr. n. of a people who fought with the Aetolians, Il. 9.529, al.

οἱ

[κοῦρος.]

= κοῦρος 1 : δῶρα φέρον Ἀχαιῶν Il. 19.248. Cf. Il. 19.193.

• • Iyoung men, esp. young warriors, Il.
  • IIΚουρῆτες, οἱ, the Curetes oldest inhabitants of Pleuron in Aetolia, Il.