TheBaptes (Ancient Greek:βάπτης)^[1] were priests of theGreek goddessKotys. The word comes from the Greek verbβάπτω (baptō), meaning "to dip in water".^[2] The Baptes practised nocturnal ceremonies, which were associated with rampant obscenity and insobriety.^[3]

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