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  Delphic Sibyl
The Delphic Sibyl was a legendary figure who gave prophecies in the sacred precinct of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus.
The Delphic Sibyl was not involved in the operation of the Delphic Oracle and should be considered distinct from the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo.
The Sibyl came from the Troad to Delphi before the Trojan War, "in wrath with her brother Apollo", lingered for a time at Samos, visited Claros and Delos, and died in the Troad, after surviving nine generations of men.
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 Sibyl
Sibyls are not identified by personal name, but by names that refer to the location of their temples, including one associated to an unnamed temple in Libya.
Late Gothic Sibyls, each with her emblem and a single line of prophecy, lettered on a fluttering banderole, were fixtures of Late Gothic illuminations, in 14th and 15th-century France and Germany[1] (http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/english/courses/214/sibyls/sibyls.htm).
Christians were especially impressed with the Cumaean Sibyl too, for in Vergil's Fourth Eclogue she foretells the coming of a savior, a flattering reference to the poet's patron, whom Christians identified as Jesus.
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 rasovsky - The Sibyl
In this powerful, poetic and moving parable, the Wandering Jew of medieval Christian legend journeys to Delphi to consult the famed oracle of the pagans.
He is turned away, but not before learning that one of the most adept of the old priestesses, or sibyls, lives in disgrace in the mountains above the Temple.
Summarized in brief, the legend goes as follows: As Jesus was bearing His cross up the Via Dolorosa, He sat Himself down to recover His breath on a bench that was in front of a Jewish shoemaker’s house, one called Ahasuerus.
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  Delphic Sibyl - Definition, explanation
The Delphic Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi, a Greek colony, located in a plateau on the side of Mount Parnassus.
There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Delphic Sibyl was among the most renowned because of the famous receivers of her advice, who were said to be Aegeus, Cadmus, Herakles, Oedipus, Orestes, Perseus and Xuthus.
According to legend, the Sibyl came from the Troad to Delphi before the Trojan War, "in wrath with her brother Apollo", lingered for a time at Samos, visited Claros and Delos, and died in the Troad, after surviving nine generations of men.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/d/de/delphic_sibyl.php   (385 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Delphic Sibyl
The Delphic Sibyl, or Delphica, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi, a Greek colony,located in a plateau on the side of Mount Parnassus, where She sang her predictions and wrote her prophecies on bay leaves.
There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Delphic Sibyl was among the most admired of the Sibyls because of her physical and ideal beauty.
The Sibyl came from the Troad to Delphi before the Trojan War, "in wrath with her brother Apollo," lingered for a time at Samos, visited Claros and Delos, and died in the Troad, after surviving nine generations of men.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Delphic_Sibyl   (617 words)

  
 Sibyls — FactMonster.com
Sibyl: “Satan shall be overcome by a true prophet.” Emblem, a dragon under the Sibyl's feet, and a lantern.
(8) The Delphic Sibyl: “The Prophet born of the virgin shall be crowned with thorns.” Emblem, a crown of thorns.
The Cumaean sibyl was the conductor of Virgil to the infernal regions.
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 Delphic Sibyl - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
The Delphic Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi, a Greek colony, located in a plateau on the side of Mount Parnassus.
There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Delphic Sibyl was among the most renowned because of the famous receivers of her advice, who were said to be Aegeus, Cadmus, Herakles, Oedipus, Orestes, Perseus and Xuthus.
According to legend, the Sibyl came from the Troad to Delphi before the Trojan War, "in wrath with her brother Apollo", lingered for a time at Samos, visited Claros and Delos, and died in the Troad, after surviving nine generations of men.
www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=1621206   (368 words)

  
 Category:Sibyls - WiccanWeb.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Sibyls are not identified by a personal name, but by names that refer to the location of their temenos, or shrine.
The Persian Sibyl was said to be prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle; though her location remained vague enough so that she might be called the "Babylonian Sibyl", the Persian Sibyl is said to have foretold the exploits of Alexander the Great according to Nicanor's life of Alexander.
Late Gothic Sibyls, each with her emblem and a single line of prophecy, lettered on a fluttering banderole, were fixtures of Late Gothic illuminations, in 14th and 15th-century France and Germany[3].
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 Sibyl   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Christians were especially impressed with the Cumaean Sibyl too, for in Virgil's Fourth Eclogue she foretells the coming of a savior, a flattering reference to the poet's patron, whom Christians however identified as Jesus.
The Hellespontian Sibyl was born in the village of Marpessus near the small town of Gergitha, during the lifetimes of Solon and Cyrus the Great.
Five sibyls were painted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo; the Delphic Sibyl, Lybian Sibyl, Persian Sibyl, Cumaean Sibyl and the Erythraean Sibyl.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Delphic Sibyl
The Delphic Sibyl was not involved in the operation of the Delphic Oracle and should be considered distinct from the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo.
There are several, not necessarily consistent, legends about the Delphic Sibyl, one claims that her last prophecy was said to be the birth of Jesus Christ.
After her death, it was said that she became a wandering voice that still brought to the ears of men tidings of the future wrapped in dark riddles.
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 The Myth of Pythia
Pythia (aka Sibyl, means prophet) was the name of the Greek oracle at Delphi, a priestess of the serpent Python.
Sibyls and their Cities in the Roman WorldSibyls are not identified by personal name, but by names that refer to the location of their temples, including one associated to an unnamed temple in Libya.
According to Lactantius' Divine Institutions (i.6, 4th century AD, quoting from a lost work of Varro, 1st century BC) these ten were the Persian Sibyl, the Libyan Sibyl, the Delphic Sibyl, the Cimmerian Sibyl, the Erythraean Sibyl, the Samian Sibyl, the Cumaean Sibyl, the Hellespontine Sibyl, the Phrygian Sibyl and the Tiburtine Sibyl.
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 Delphic Sibyl - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
After her death, it was said that she became a wandering voice that still brought to the ears of men tidings of the future wrapped in dark enigmas.
Most commonly, these refer to Plutarch's observation that the Pythia's oracular powers appeared to be linked to vapors from the Castalian Spring that surrounded her, together with the observation that sessions of prophesy would either take place in, or be preceded by a visit to, an enclosed chamber at the base of the temple.
In 2001 evidence of the presence of ethylene, a potential hallucinogen, was found in the temple's local geology and nearby springs.
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 Sibyl - Gurupedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
According to Lactantius' Divine Institutions (quoting from a lost work of Varro) these ten were the Babylonian or Persian Sibyl, the Libyan, the Cimmerian, the Sibyl of Delphi, the Erythraean, the Samian, the Cumaean, the Hellespontine, the Phrygian and the Tiburtine.
The three most famous sibyls were the Delphic, the Erythraean and the Cumaean.
The sibyl, who was born near there, at Marpessus, and whose tomb was later marked by the temple of Apollo built upon the archaic site, appears on the coins of Gergis, ca 400- 350 BCE.
www.gurupedia.com /s/si/sibyl.htm   (920 words)

  
 What Is the Delphic Sibyl Dizaino kryptis
This is the Dephic Sibyl, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling,...
The Delphic Sibyl (detail from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling), by...
Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
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 Sistine Chapel. Five Sibyls.
Three of the sibyls (Libyan, Cumaean and Delphican) are on one side, separated by the prophets Daniel and Isaiah.
The Cumaean Sibyl is depicted as a massively built old woman, with a dark complexion and a wrinkled face, completely absorbed in the difficult task of ddecipheriong the meaning of what she is reading in the large book, which rests next to her on the side of the marble throne.
The complex, almost serpentine, rotation of the young sibyl, who seems to be rising from hrer seat, gives prominence to the remarkable richness, elegance, and delicacy of the juxtapositions of colour.
www.moodbook.com /history/renaissance/sistine-chapel-five-sibyls.html   (1215 words)

  
 Delphic Sibyl by Michelangelo Buonarroti at FulcrumGallery.com
The Delphic sibyl foretold the coming of a great prophet who would be born to a virgin who knew nothing of the corruption of man. A wind is blowing over the prophetess; her hair trails out behind her two genii that stand behind her mimicking her actions, also seems ruffled by this wind.
This sense of the blowing wind together with sibyl's wide-eyed and fearful expression, with her mouth ajar as she looks out past the viewer to see the future that approaches, gives the "Delphic Sibyl" a grave air of import.
Like the "Cumaean Sibyl," the "Delphic Sibyl" is placed in a frontal position, while the other sibyls are all seen in varying degrees of a twisted, half-turned position.
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 Delphi Summary
The Delphic oracle's fame was highest in the Archaic period, when even kings from Lydia and Cyrene came for consultation.
She was an older woman, whose age made it socially acceptable for her to mix in the company of men such as priests and ambassadors.
At the same time, she was dressed as a girl; the conception of the Pythia as the bride of Apollo was at least hinted at in Delphic mythology.
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 The Delphic Sibyl (detail from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling), by Buonarroti Michelangelo
The Delphic Sibyl (detail from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling), by Buonarroti Michelangelo
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