The Baptes (
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βάπτης) were priests of the
Greek goddess
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Kotys
Kotys ( grc, Κότυς '), also called Kotytto (Κοτυττώ), was a Thracian goddess whose festival, the '' Cotyttia'', resembled that of the Phrygian Cybele, and was celebrated on hills with riotous proceedings and orgiastic rites, especi ...
. The word comes from the Greek verb ''βάπτω'' (''baptō''), meaning "to dip in water". The Baptes practised nocturnal ceremonies, which were associated with rampant obscenity and insobriety.
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List of Greek mythological figures
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