Wrapping up 'The Goddess Cotys in the Written Sources'
So I think I've reached a point where we've pretty much exhausted what's accessible to me. This dictionary excerpt from 1890 claims that there's a Plutarch excerpt out there that I'd love to get my hands on that talks about a 'tamer' Cotytian holiday, but as of right now I can't even find what reference it's supposed to be in.
I think between these different sources we have a decent view of her. Strong themes of sex-positivity and earth attachments, decent themes of regalness, 'madness', and maybe the dead, possible but admittedly loose ties to the sea or monsters, magic, femininity, and war or victory.
I think I have a series of excerpts from Euripolis' supposed play about Cotys' cult coming to Athens and this somehow being a bad thing, but I'm not sure I have the spoons or knowledge on the subject to properly dissect them.
I'll keep an eye out for any archaeological progress too, but rn my selection on that is pretty abyssal.
Like I said in an earlier post, next I'll try to summarize what I've learned on Aphrodite Urania in the Bosporan Kingdom and her connection to Artimpasa/Argimpasa. So that'll be exciting.