According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes, also spelled Corybantes or Corybants, were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are al
Two Kouretes dance raucously, behind whom the goat Amalthea suckles the infant Zeus. Marble relief from the 2nd century AD, Capitoline Museum.
Roman relief of a pyrrhiche or Corybantian dance (Vatican Museums 321)
The Kouretes dancing around the infant Zeus, as pictured in Themis by Jane Ellen Harrison (1912, p. 23; see References section below).
In Greek mythology, Rhea, Rhia or Rheia was one of the Titans, the children of Uranus and Gaia. She was the sister and wife of Cronus, and by him was the mother of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseid
Rhea hands the swaddled stone to Cronus, 2nd century AD, Capitoline Museums
Rhea (left) on the Pergamon Altar (2nd century BC)