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The Euboean Corybantes were seven rustic demi-gods (dwarves) appointed by Zeus to guard the infant the infant Dionysos and his nurse, the Nymphe Mystis or Makris, on the island of Euboia. They were the sons of an obscure rustic deity named Sokos (Socus) and the nymph Kombe (Combe).
The list of names given by Nonnus are those of the Kretan Kouretes (Curetes). However the figure of Melisseus (Honey-Man) is closely connected the Euboian god Aristaios (Aristaeus) who was the foster-father of Dionysos in some accounts.
Their names are:
Acmon (the anvil)
Damneus (the hammer)
Scelmis (the casting)
Melisseus (the honey-man)
Mimas (the imitator)
Ocythous (the shieldman)
Prymneus (the steersman)
