Kotys of the Frenzied Rites

Thracian · deity · Classical Thrace (Edonian cult); rites known to Aeschylus (5th c. BCE), later at Athens and Corinth · deity

Thracian goddess of the orgiastic Kotyttia. Names attested in Greek (Κότυς, Κοτυττώ) and Latinized (Cotys, Cotytto). Classified 'deity'. The war-aspect/consort question (Kandaon) is treated in that figure's entry. Distinguished from the homonymous historical Odrysian kings named Kotys, who are mortal rulers.

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