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geminant . . . aera: clash cymbal on cymbal, geminant being used with special reference to the cymbals being in pairs. Cf. Stat. Theb. 8. 221, gemina aera sonant, Lucret. 2. 636, pulsarent aeribus aera.—Corybantes: priests of Cybele. Cf. on 5; and Plato, Ion, 533 E. Huxley defined the Salvation Army as Corybantic Christianity.


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