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 Corybantic Religion.Corycian Nymphs (The). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Corycian Cave (The),
 
on Mount Parnassus; so called from the nymph Corycia. The Muses are sometimes called Corycdes (4 syl.).   1
       
“The immortal Muse
       
To your calm habitations, to the cave
Corycian … will guide his footsteps.”
       
Akenside: Hymn to the Naiads.
 


 Corybantic Religion.Corycian Nymphs (The). 

 
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