Anytus
Anytus was one of the Curetes, a band of protectors, who were entrusted with a sacred duty – to watch over the young goddess Despoine, daughter of Demeter, in the heart of Arcadia. He wasn’t simply a soldier, but a vigilant figure, clad in gleaming hoplite armor, ever watchful against any threat that might endanger the young goddess.
The Curetes were entrusted by Rhea, Zeus’ mother, to guard him during his infancy. Fearing her husband Cronus, who devoured his own children, Rhea hid Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete. The Curetes, with their rhythmic clanging of bronze shields and spears, drowned out the cries of the infant god, masking his presence from the monstrous Cronus.
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