Cybele

American  

[sib-uh-lee] / ˈsɪb əˌli /

Also Cybebe

noun

1. a mother goddess of Phrygia and Asia Minor, identified by the Greeks with Rhea and by the Romans with Ops.

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Cybele British  

/ ˈsɪbɪlɪ /

noun

1. classical myth the Phrygian goddess of nature, mother of all living things and consort of Attis; identified with the Greek Rhea or Demeter

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Example Sentences

"People are not getting a chance to recover in between," says clinical psychiatrist Cybele Dey, a member of Doctors for the Environment Australia.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

In the Studio Artist Cybele Lyle discusses her process and gives a tour of her temporary ad-hoc workspace at home in this new series from the Orange County Museum of Art.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2020

A 2014 study of the revamped version by Blair and C. Cybele Raver, also at N.Y.U., showed Tools children in 29 schools also gained skills in academics.

From Scientific American • Oct. 1, 2019

Good Counsel senior Cybele Coskun was long hesitant about becoming a goalie.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2018

In later philosophy Hestia became the hearth of the universe—the personification of the earth as the centre of the universe, identified with Cybele and Demeter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various