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Divinities at certain mystery sanctuaries, notably Boeotian Thebes (1), Lemnos, perhaps Samothrace. The name is of Semitic origin from kabir, ‘lord’ (Schachter 96 n. 4 for refs., see bibliog. below). ...
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