# Cybele — Poetry character guide

> Cybele in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** mother Cybele

**First appearance:** 0053-iii

## Who they are

The Phrygian mother goddess, associated with nature.

## In the story

### [Hyperion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/hyperion)

Mentioned as one of the mourning Titans in the cavern where the defeated gods gather.

### [Canto I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/canto-i)

Mentioned by Saturn in his lament as one who should mourn for her 'pernicious babes'.

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