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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).
		Pausanias claimed that the Sibyl was "born between man and goddess, daughter of sea monsters and an immortal nymph".
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/LX/Sibyl.html (1221 words)

	Sibyl information - Search.com
		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.
		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.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Sibyl (2890 words)

	Sibyl
		The Sibyl sat on the Sibylline Rock, breathing in vapors from the ground and eating laurel leaves, gaining her often puzzling predictions from that.
		The Erythraean Sibyl was located on the coast of Ionia opposite the island of Chios.
		The sibyl, who was born near there, at Marpessus, and whose tomb was later marked by the temple of Apollo, appears on the coins of Gergis, ca 400- 350 BCE.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/si/sibyl.html (806 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.
	www.factmonster.com /dictionary/brewers/sibyls.html (509 words)

	Sistine Chapel. The Ancestors of Christ.
		The figures are in the triangular spandrel in the fourth bay between the Erythraean Sibyl and Ezekiel.
		The figures are in the triangular spandrel in the sixth bay between Daniel and the Cumaean Sibyl.
		The figures are in the triangular spandrel in the eighth bay between the Libyan Sibyl and Daniel.
	www.moodbook.com /history/renaissance/sistine-chapel-ancestors-of-christ.html (1233 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sibyls.
		(7) The Tiburtine Sibyl: “The Highest shall descend from heaven, and a virgin be shown in the valleys of the deserts.” Emblem, a dove.
		(8) The Delphic Sibyl: “The Prophet born of the virgin shall be crowned with thorns.” Emblem, a crown of thorns.
		The Cumæan sibyl was the conductor of Virgil to the infernal regions.
	www.bartleby.com /81/15320.html (514 words)

	Sibyl Cumaean, Greek Mythology Link - www.maicar.com
		Here could be seen, surrounded by a grove dedicated to Artemis, the shrine of Apollo, and a deeply-recessed cave on the flank of a hill, where the Sibyl, inspired by the god of prophecy, heard the hundreds of voices that she turned into oracular answers.
		There the Sibyl asked for Anchises 1, whom they soon found in a green valley, Aeneas tried several times to put his arms round his father's neck; but souls beneath the earth, whether they are in the dark depths of Hades or in the midst of Elysium's light slip any embrace and withdraw.
		This Sibyl was not a goddess, although she was seven hundred years old when Aeneas met her.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Sibyl6Cumaean.html (2636 words)

	Erythraean Sibyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Erythraean Sibyl, by the name of Sabbe, was the prophetess of classical antiquity presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Erythrae, a town in Ionia opposite Chios.
		The town was built by Neleus, the son of Codrus.
		Eyrthraean Sibyl as a floor mosaic in the Cathedral of Siena
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erythraean_Sibyl (300 words)

	Sibyl
		Until the literary elaborations of Roman writers, sibyls are not identified by a personal name, but by names that refer to the location of their ''temenos, or shrine.
		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.
		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.
	articles.gourt.com /en/Sibyl (2686 words)

	The earlier oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity prophesied...
		The Sibyl sat on the Sibylline Rock Sibylline Rock, breathing in vapors from the ground and eating laurel laurel leaves, gaining her often puzzling predictions from that.
		Pausanias Pausanias claimed that the Sibyl was "born between man and goddess, daughter of sea monsters and an immortal nymph".
		Christians were especially impressed with the Cumaean Sibyl too, for in Vergil's Fourth Eclogue Eclogue she foretells the coming of a savior, a flattering reference to the poet's patron, whom Christians identified as Jesus.
	www.biodatabase.de /sibyl (743 words)

	SIBYLLINE ORACLES--appendix with early Christian commentary
		Sibyl is a Latin word meaning prophetess, or rather soothsayer; hence the female soothsayers were called by one name.
		Those of the Cumæan Sibyl, however, were hidden and not made known to many, because she proclaimed more especially and distinctly things that were to happen in Italy, while the others became known to all.
		Of all these Sibyls the songs are both made public and held in use except those of the Cumman, whose books are kept secret by the Romans; neither do they hold it lawful for them to be inspected by anyone except the Quindecemviri.
	skeptically.org /hebskaka/id15.html (4273 words)

	Sybils
		The Sibyl's duty was to sit in a sacred shrine and prophesy for those who sought answers to specific questions.
		Sibyls are mentioned in the Books of Plato with great respect where they are referred to as sources of reputable wisdom; Sophocles reported that the Sibyls were divinely inspired.
		In fact, the Sibyls in the earlier periods were deemed to be so important that they were consulted by officials of the Roman Empire with the authorization of the Senate.
	gnosticorderofchrist.net /writings/mjessica/sibyls.htm (5112 words)

	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.
	www.sciencefictionbuzz.com /pythia.html (816 words)

	Sibyl: sibyl buck, cumaean sibyl, libyan sibyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		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.
		The mother of the libyan sibyl was Lamia, meaning Serpent or Medusa.
		The Tiburtine Sibyl, by name Albunea, is worshiped at Tibur as a goddess, near the banks of the Anio, in which stream her image is said to have been found, holding a book in her hand.
	advantacell.com /wiki/Sibyl (2731 words)

	The Sibyls (Sybils)
		The Sibyl, with frenzied mouth uttering things not to be laughed at, unadorned and unperfumed, yet reaches to a thousand years with her voice by aid of the god.
		One hears of the Sibyls in Catholic chant and hymms, too: on Christmas Eve, after Matins and before Mass, the Song of the Sibyl was sung all over Europe until the Council of Trent (now this custom, restored in some places in the 17th c., remains mostly in Spain).
		The Erythraean Sibyl is said to have been the daughter of a shepherd and a nymph.
	www.fisheaters.com /sibyls.html (2731 words)

	Sybil - The Final Horcrux
		Sibyl was the name of the high priestess that was presiding over the Apollonian Oracle at Delphi, which was a Greek Colony.
		It was Sibyl who have Herakles (known, in Roman legends as Hercules) the twelve tasks as penance for killing his wife and children.
		It is said that Sibyl outlived nine generations of men, and that, when she died, she became a wondering voice that told the future to many ears, when dark tidings were at hand.
	www.hogwartsnews.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1440 (3926 words)

	CGFA- Michelangelo
		The Flood, 1508-12, from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
		The Erythraean Sibyl, 1508-12, from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
		The Libyan Sibyl, 1508-12, from the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
	cgfa.sunsite.dk /michelan (127 words)

	Sibyl Sibilant Souffle Hiss Whisper Whistle Medical Humanities Bioethics Medical Humanities Bioethics
		Loved by Apollo, she was granted as many years of life as the number of grains of sand would fit in her hand but she forgot to ask for enduring youth.
		Sibyl and SIBILARE in Latin, point to HISS, WHISPER and WHISTLE which are expanded in Spanish by SILBAR or CHIFLAR and CHIFLADO for whistling and for those with diminished "mental sense".
		Perhaps the art of SOUFFLE making should be a complement to other artistic achievements inspired by the Sibyl such as are the magnificent frescos by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Systine chapel or the poems by Virgil in the AENEID.
	www.consultsos.com /pandora/in170805.htm (655 words)

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		Marpessos proved to be too insignificant to uphold its claim, and thus the Erythraean Sibyl usurped and retained the first place in tradition as the earliest and greatest of all Sibyls.
		Since the Sibyl was a prophetess, any prophecy could safely be ascribed to her without fear of disproof; since she was so eminent and so ancient, any prophecy which could gain currency under her name was sure of eager and widespread acceptance.
		is quoted at length, the authority of the Sibyl is defended in Lactan- tian terms, and the IVth Eclogue is brought in as a prophecy of the Church (nova progenies') and the Christ, derived from Sibylline sources.
	fax.libs.uga.edu /PA4253xO83xE5/1f/sibylline_oracles.txt (9920 words)

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		The Erythraean Sibyl, whose name was Herophile, corresponds to the Boeotian Bakis as the person usually meant when a Sibyl is mentioned; but in an Italian or Roman context it is the Cumaean Sibyl that is commonly meant.
		Despite this account of the merest sere and withered wisps of the Cumaean Sibyl's physical, enurned remains, Michelangelo Buonarroti nevertheless portrayed her in the architectural framework of the Sistine Ceiling with huge, hulking shoulders that would, today, be worthy of a first-round draft pick for the National Football League.
		Michelangelo decided to include the Cumaean Sibyl, together with four of her sisters and five Old Testament Prophets, in his grand scheme for the Sistine Ceiling (on which he worked from 1508 to 1512) in place of the Twelve Apostles--which would have been appropriate had he painted histories of the Life of Christ.
	www.csus.edu /indiv/v/vonmeierk/8-04SI.html (3950 words)

	Sibyls: Structurally-Integrated Biology for Life Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Delphic Sibyl highlights the ability to use x-ray scattering in solution to look at continuous events scrolled out in time.
		The Libyan Sibyl emphasizes the importance of motion and dynamics in understanding and prediction, embodied in the movements of the sibyl herself.
		Michelangelo's sibyls images are courtesy of Carol Gerten's Fine Art http://sunsite.auc.dk/cgfa, Christus Rex http://www.christusrex.org, and the Web Gallery of Art http://gallery.euroweb.hu.
	www.sibyls.org (204 words)

	Sibyl - Gurupedia
		The Sibyl sat on a tripod over a cleft in the Sibylline Rock.
		Eclogue she foretells the coming of a savior, a flattering reference to the poet's patron, whom Christians identified as Jesus.
		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)

	Amazon.com: "Erythraean Sibyl": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Characteristics of Sibylline Oracles and it is impossible to distinguish and assign to each her own work, except for the Erythraean Sibyl who has introduced her own true name into verses and prefaced them by saying she was called Erythraean, though she...
		nor can the productions of each be distinguished and assigned to their own authors, except in the case of the Erythraean Sibyl, for she both inserted her own true name in her verse, and predicted that she would be called Erythraean, though...
		But acrostics date at least to the Erythraean sibyl (mentioned by Plato), to whose prophecies the term was first applied.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Erythraean-Sibyl (551 words)

	Chatham College Alumnae/Alumni Website
		The Erythraean Sibyl is one of six sibyls, or ancient female sages, who foresaw the future.
		Daughter-in-law to Noah, the Erythraean Sibyl is acknowledged for foretelling the presentation of Christ in the temple, the calling of the Apostles, and the Apocalypse.
		Surrounding the sibyl in the Alumnae window is an arch of wreathed names of great figures of intellect and learning considered important in 1888.
	alum.chatham.edu /whatsnew/tiffany.cfm (1130 words)

	Ancient Oracles: The Cumaean Sibyl (Morgana's Observatory)
		When the sibyl shrewdly offered the remaining three books for the same exorbitant sum as the original nine, he paid the price, and the books were preserved until the disastrous fire which incinerated the Capitol in 83 BCE.
		One of the Cumaean Sibyl's peculiarities, moreover, was that when consulted she would write her predictions on oak leaves and lay them at the edge of her cave, from which they were blown hither and yon by the wind and often confusedly mixed up, making them all but unintelligible to their readers.
		Despite these records, and despite this long tradition of sanctity, the Cumaean Sibyls were considered fantasy until archaeologists proved their actual existence by discovering sticks and stones, tunnels and slabs of quarried rock, and the cave in which each Sibyl had lived at Cumae.
	www.dreamscape.com /morgana/desdemo2.htm (1789 words)

	Chapter Shot Window <i>to</i> Sibylline Leaves of S by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
		(4) The Cumæan Sibyl: “God shall be born of a pure virgin, and hold converse with sinners.” Emblem, a cradle.
		(6) The Persian Sibyl: “Satan shall be overcome by a true prophet.” Emblem, a dragon under the Sibyl's feet, and a lantern.
		(7) The Tiburtine Sibyl: “The Highest shall descend from heaven, and a virgin be shown in the valleys of the deserts.” Emblem, a dove.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/255/1184/24218/2.html (649 words)

	Sibyls — Infoplease.com
		The name of the Cumaean sibyl was Amalthaea.
		Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl - Selected Essays in Black History Reconstruction - 2 Sojourner Truth, the Libyan Sibyl by Harriet...
		Sibyls - Sibyls Plato speaks of only one (the Erythraean); Martian Capella says there were two, the...
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/sibyls.html (512 words)

	Sibylline Oracles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The oldest of these was called the Erythraean Sybil and dates back at least to the 6th century BC, in the Etruscan and early Roman Era.
		Divine Institutes 4.6 - Quotes Trismegistus and the Erythraean Sibyl about the most high God having a son, who is also God.
		Divine Institutes 4.19 - The Sibyl speaks of the darkness and the veil renting in the temple, the 3 days then the resurrection.
	www.biblefacts.org /history/subject/sibyl.html (334 words)

	Carmen
		Later on the number of sibyls were increased to ten, including the Samian, the Trojan, the Phrygian, the Cimmerian, the Delphian, the Cumaean, the Libyan, the Tiburtine, and the Babylonian.
		Despite these records, and despite this long tradition of sanctity, the Cumaean Sibyls were considered fantasy until archaeologists proved their actual existence by discovering sticks and stones, tunnels and slabs of quarried rock, and the cave in which each Sibyl had lived at Cumae.
		One of the Cumaean Sibyl's peculiarities, moreover, was that when consulted she would write her predictions on oak leaves and lay them at the edge of her cave, from which they were blown hither and yon by the wind and often confusedly mixed up, making them all but unintelligible to their readers.
	students.ou.edu /M/Carmen.D.Miller-1 (5399 words)

	The Erythraean Sibyl, by Maerten van Heemskerck
		I can't think of any other museum that puts such superbly detailed images online without "protecting" them via Java applets or the like.
		In this painting, the paint on the sibyl's dress has faded substantially.
		As a result the painting has an unfinished look to it, and the underlying drawing of the lines of the dress is clearly visible.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /masterscans/l100.html (106 words)

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