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The Kouretes were nine rustic daimones (dwarves) appointed by Rhea to guard the infant god Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete. To keep the boy hidden from his cannibalistic father Cronus, they drowned out his cries with a frenzied dance of clashing spear and shield. The Kouretes were gods of the wild mountainside, inventors of the rustic arts of metalworking, shepherding, hunting and beekeeping. They were also the first armoured warriors and gods of the orgiastic war-dance performed by the youths of Crete and Euboea.
Their names are:
Antyus (the accomplisher)
Cyrbas or Corybas (ivy-berry dancer)
Cyllenus (?)
Delas (the baiter)
Hoplodamus (armed warrior)
Olympus (of the mountain)
Pyrrhichus (fire-dancer)
Scythes (of Scythia)
Titias (the avenger)
