Κυβήβη
Kubebe, Kybebe, Cybebe, Cybele, Great Mother
Translated by Robert Dyer12 Dec 2000Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
The mother of [the] gods. Aalso [sc. attesteed is the verb] 'to tumble' [kubistan] properly to throw oneself on one's head. Homer [says]: "headfirst in the dust."1 For madmen when they suffer in their heads become like this. Whence they also call the mother of the gods Kubebe from divine frenzy (enthusiasm); for being initiated is a cause of divine frenzy. There is also in Phrygia a shrine of the mother of the gods.2