Cybele Flashcards
What phrygian goddess…
Cybele
Who, also know as Dindymene…
Cybele
From the severed male genitals of Cybele grew what?
an almond tree
What daughter of the river-god Sangarius…
Nana
Who was the son of Nana?
Attis
Who was also known as Agdistis?
Cybele
How was Attis born?
Nana put a fruit from the almond tree on her lap which impregnated her
Who fell in love with Attis?
Agdistis (cybele)
Who drove Attis mad?
Agdistis
What happened to Attis?
Agdistis drove him mad and he castrated himself
Where was Attis buried?
Pessinus
What was Attis transformed into after his death?
the evergreen pine
Who purified the young Dionysus?
Cybele
Who taught Oenone prophecy?
Cybele
Who was the mother of Midas?
Cybele
Cybele + Gordias?
Midas
Who changed Aeneas’s ships into nymphs?
Cybele
Who was represented in art wearing a crown shaped like a turreted city
wall?
Cybele
Who rode a chariot drawn by lions?
Cybele
Whose priests castrated themselves?
Cybele’s
In honor of who did Cybele’s priests castrate themselves?
Attis
Who attended to Cybele?
the corybantes
