Curete

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κουρῆτες (Kourêtes).

Noun

Curete (plural Curetes)

1. (Greek mythology) A Korybant.
2. (Greek mythology) One of a legendary tribe of people who took part in the quarrel over the Calydonian boar, identified in antiquity as either Aetolians or Acarnanians.