Corybantes
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Cabiri
in the texts
De legendis gentilium libris
Ecstatic mythological attendants invoked as an image of frenzy induced by bad music.
Others rave like Corybantes and are driven to frenzy by the flute:
Protrepticus
Attendants of Cybele whose rites involve the fratricide of a third brother and taboo customs; also called Cabiri.
If you wish also to behold the orgies of the Corybantes, these slew their third brother, covered the head of the dead man with a purple cloak, and, crowning it with garlands, buried it, carrying it upon a bronze shield to the foothills of Olympus.
The same rites the Phrygians celebrate for Attis and Cybele and the Corybantes.