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A Nocturnal Festival in honour of Cotys, or Cotytto, the Goddess of
Archæologiæ Græcæ, or, The antiquities of Greece by John Potter ...
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- Archæologiæ Græcæ, or, The antiquities of Greece by John Potter ...
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- Potter, John, 1673 or 4-1747.
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- Oxford :: Printed ... for Abel Swall ...,
- 1697.
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"Archæologiæ Græcæ, or, The antiquities of Greece by John Potter ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A55523.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Wantonness (a) 1.1: It was observ'd by the Athenians, Corinthians, Chians, Thracians, with others; and celebrated with such Rites as were most ac∣ceptable to the Goddess, who was thought to be delighted with no∣thing so much, as Lewdness, and Debauchery. Her Priests were call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which Name we find in Iuvenal; It seems to have been deriv'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. from Dying, or Painting themselves; for they were wont to practise all sorts of effeminate, and Meretricious Arts; whence 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. a Votary of Cotys, is Proverbially apply'd to Beaux, and all Men that spend their Time in Dressing, and Perfuming themselves.
Another Festival of this Name (b) 1.2 was celebrated in Sicily, where the Worshippers carry'd Boughs hung about with Cakes, and Fruit, which it was lawful for any Person to pluck off; in memory (as Gy∣raldus was of Opinion) of Proserpina's Ravishment, who is by some thought to have been the same with Cotytto.
Notes
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(a) 1.1
Synesius in Encomio calvitii, Su••••••, Iuvenalis Satir. II.
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(b) 1.2
Plutarch••s Proverb.