CORTĪNA

the name of the table or hollow slab, supported by a tripod, upon which the prieste at Delphi sat to deliver her responses; and hence the word is used for the oracle itself. The Romans made tables of marble or bronze after the pattern of the Delphian tripod, which they used as we do our sideboards, for the purpose of displaying their plate at an entertainment. These were termed cortinae Delphicae , or Delphicae simply. CŎRỸBANTĬCA ( κορυβαντικά ), a festival and mysteries celebrated at Cno us in Crete, by the Corybantes. (See Cla . Dict. , Corybantes .)