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  Sybil
The first oracle at Delphi was commonly known as Sybil, though her name was Herophile.
She sang her predictions, which she received from Gaia.
Sybil is also the name of a 1973 book and 1976 movie about multiple personality disorder.
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 Gabrielle and the Phallus of Apollo
Changed my mind, yes, this story does imply a subtextual relationship between two consenting adult women, so, if you are under 18 or this type of thing is illegal in the state/country in which you live, or if you are offended by it…scat.
Herophile was the one who predicted the fall of Troy, you do remember that don’t you?"
Herophile shook her head before speaking, "Bring forth the phallus!" she shouted.
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 Death of Dreams   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Herophile waited until everyone was engrossed, then motioned Xena to follow her out into the courtyard.
Herophile and a guard were on their knees examining a prone, unmoving Hygea.
Herophile was examining the man, whose head lolled at an unnatural angle.
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 Sibyl: sibyl buck, cumaean sibyl, libyan sibyl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The second Sibyl, referred to by Pausanias, and named "Herophile", seems to have been based ultimately in Samos, but visited other shrines, Delphi, etc. and sang there, but that at the same time, Delphi had its own sibyl.
Maass and his work in 1879, that only two of the Greek Sibyls were historical, Herophile of Erythrae, who is thought to have lived in the eighth century BC, and Phyto of Samos who lived somewhat later.
He goes on to write that the Greeks at first seemed to have known only one Sibyl, and the first ancient writer to distinguish several Sibyls was Heraclides Ponticus, in the fourth century BC, in his book On Oracles, wherein he names at least three Sibyls, the Phrygian, the Erythraen, and the Hellespontine.
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 Elfinspell:Sibylline Oracles Introduction: Milton S. Terry English translation, online text
She is said to have been seven hundred years old when Æneas came to Italy, but she was doomed to live nearly as many before the number of her years would equal that of the sands she had held, and her ultimate destiny was to wither quite away, and become only a voice.
One of the oldest specimens of a heathen oracle is that of Delphi, as preserved in Herodotus (vi, 86).
xii), mentions “the first Herophile” as the most ancient of all the Sibyls, a daughter of Zeus and Lamia; and a second Herophile, who 9 was, however, earlier than the Trojan War, and foretold the ruin Helen was destined to bring upon Asia and Europe.
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She was believed to have wandered widely from her origins on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor; and so--while most of the other Sibyls were likened to nymphs or young women--the Erythraean is often equated with the Cumaean Sibyl and thought to have been an old woman.
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.
The Sibyl of Cumae was also called Herophile (as well as: Amaltheia, Demo, Demophile, Deiphobe [by which she is called in Virgil's Aeneid], Taraxandra, Melan-kraira), as were the Sibyls of Marpessos, Delphi, and others...
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 Sibyl
The oracle at Delphi was commonly known as Sibyl, though her name was also Herophile.
It had a temple sacred to Apollo Gergithius, and was said to have given birth to the Sibyl, who is sometimes called Erythraea, from Erythrae, a small place on Mount Ida (Dion.
Coin of Gergis bearing the sibyl Herophile on the Digital Historia Numorum
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 Delphi
The oracle at that period in time was translated from the lapping of the waters, and the rustling of the trees, (the oracle of Dodona, in Epirus, northwestern Greece, translated the rustling from a sacred beech tree).
A mythical figure called Herophile, who was more commonly known as "Sibyl" sang the oracle in Gaia's shrine, and from that time on all prophetesses where known by that name.
The "Sibylline Rock" can still be seen, and it was here the Sibyl sat and gave out her prophecies speaking in riddles.
www.pantheon.org /articles/d/delphi.html   (1059 words)

  
 FAMILY OF APHRODITE : Greek mythology
ERYX A King of Sikelia (Sicily, in Southern Italia) who was born of Aphrodite and the Argonaut Boutes.
HEROPHILOS (aka HEROPHILE) One of the sibyls (prophetesses) who was said to be a daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite.
LYROS A Prince of Dardania (near Troy, in Anatolia) who was born to Aphrodite and Ankhises.
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After the arrival of Ionian settlers, Erythraea developed considerably and became one of the twelve cities of the Ionian Confederacy.
The city, which had temples dedicated to Heracles* and Athena Polias**, was renowned in antiquity for its Erythraean Sybil, Herophile, the most famous prophetess after the Cumean Sybil.
During the 8th-7th centuries BC, the city, which was ruled by tyrants, had an important economic power with active trade relations with cities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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 The Mark Discordia Singles Tournament
FTP, name this piece in which a bassoon symbolizes a pesky broom, written by Paul Dukas.
The only one mentioned in pre-Hellenistic writings was the Erythraean Herophile.
A collection of books consulted through the fourth century BCE was supposedly sold by one to Tarquinius Superbus.
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 Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick | Oracle at Delphi
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The first Oracle at Delphi was commonly known as Sybil, Herophile, or the Pythia.
Later, Sibyl or Pythia became a title given to whichever priestess manned the oracle at the time.
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 Travel for Kids: Delphi, Greece
Originally the omphalos was located underneath the Temple of Apollo, or near the Castalian Spring, the belly button seems to move around.
Rock of the Sibyl –; Long before Apollo arrived on the scene, there were oracles at Delphi, and this rock commemorates the first oracle, nickname "Sibyl," real name Herophile.
Mysterious Sibyl sat on this rock, talking in riddles, not unlike siblings at the dinner table.
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Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right /
Near VF, toned, surfaces rough and corroded, scratches.
This and the previous lot now expand our knowledge of Gergis’ minting into the 5th century BC.
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 A couple Questions from a (semi) old herophile - Page 2 - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
A couple Questions from a (semi) old herophile - Page 2 - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
A couple Questions from a (semi) old herophile
Re: A couple Questions from a (semi) old herophile
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 Libyan Sibyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pausanias, Guide to Greece, 10.12.1: "There is a rock rising up above the ground.
The Delians remember also a hymn this woman composed to Apollo.
In her poem she calls herself not only Herophile but also Artemis, and the wedded wife of Apollo, saying too sometimes that she is his sister, and sometimes that she is his daughter." [2]
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Libyan_Sibyl   (519 words)

  
 Carmen
The former Sibyl I find was as ancient as any; the Greeks say that she was a daughter of Zeus by
According to the legends, some could interpret dreams and others could make their voices heard after death.
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.
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 Amazon.com: "Apollodorus of Erythrae": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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used at Delos was written by a Sibyl named Herophile, whom he places in the Troad and the local historian Apollodorus of Erythrae identifies as Erythraean.t4 That Herophile's alleged hymn is none other than the famous "Homeric" Hymn to Delian Apollo (...
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 Ancient Imports - Lot Info: #13025 VF/VF Troas Gergis AE11 / Sibyl Herophile / Sphinx
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Date: 4th century BC Obverse: Laureate head of Sibyl Herophile 3/4 facing right
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