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Curotrŏphos

κουροτρόφος). “Nurse of children.” The title of several Greek goddesses—for instance, Gaea—who were regarded as protectresses of youth. Cf. Hesiod, Theog. 450; Macrob. Saturn. i. 10, 19, 20.

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