Baptes
TheBaptes(Greekβάπτης[1]) were priests of theGreek goddessKotys.The word comes from the Greek verbβάπτω(baptō), meaning "to dip in water".[2]The Baptes practised nocturnal ceremonies, which were associated with rampant obscenity and insobriety.[3]
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[edit]- ^βάπτης,Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott,A Greek-English Lexicon,on Perseus
- ^βάπτω,Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott,A Greek-English Lexicon,on Perseus
- ^Cobham Brewer, Ebenezer(1894).Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Revised and Updated Edition.New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 73.
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