Baptes

The Baptes (Greek βάπτης^[1]) were priests of the Greek goddess Cottytus. The word comes from the Greek verb βάπτω (baptō), meaning "to dip in water".^[2] The Baptes practised obscene ceremonies at night; they included orgies so hedonistic that even Cottytus herself was disgusted.^[3]

References

^ 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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[1] βάπτης, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus

[2] βάπτω, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus

[3] 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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