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	Sibyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Pausanias claimed that the Sibyl was "born between man and goddess, daughter of sea monsters and an immortal nymph".
		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.
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	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Sibyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Jewish sibyl, however, deliberately falsified her genealogy, for it was an accepted tradition that the old pagan sibyl was a native of Babylon, while the Jewish sibyl was held to be the daughter of the ancient Chaldean historian Berosus (pseudo-Justin, "Cohort.
		The Jewish sibyl, then, was regarded as a very ancient personage who perpetuated the wisdom of the past, and the traditions concerning her may consequently be compared with the Jewish legends of Enoch and of Asher's daughter Serah.
		This internal evidence is supported by external evidence, for the sibyl's version of the story of the building of the Tower of Babel and the battle of the sons of Kronos with the Titans was quoted also by Alexander Polyhistor in the name of the sibyl, and Josephus likewise knew it ("Ant." i.
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	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sibyls. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		(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.
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	Sibyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		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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	Sistine Chapel ceiling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The seven prophets and five sibyls appear in the part of the ceiling which was originally planned for being the twelve apostles, but Michelangelo changed the original design.
		The sibyls are between the prophets on the long sides.
		Three of the sibylls are on one side (Libyan, Cumaean and Delphican) separated between them by the prophets Daniel and Isaiah.
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	Persian Sibyl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Persian Sibyl was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian Oracle.
		There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Persian Sibyl is said to have foretold the exploits of Alexander of Macedon; Nicanor, who wrote the life of Alexander mentions her.
		The Persian Sibyl, by name Sambethe, was said to be of the family of Noah.
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	Persian Wars - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Persian Wars
		The Persian fleet, its morale shattered, withdrew to Asia Minor and was followed by Xerxes himself and part of his land forces.
		The Greeks won partly because enough of them were prepared to sink their differences and unite, but mainly because the Persians allowed themselves to be drawn into battles in which their advantages were nullified.
		On land, at Marathon and Plataea, the Persian army, whose strength lay in cavalry and missile-armed infantry, allowed the Greek hoplites to close and fight the hand-to-hand combat in which they excelled.
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	The Myth of Pythia
		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.
		The three most famous sibyls throughout their long career were the Delphic, the Erythraean and the Cumaean.
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	Sibyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Persian Sibyl, Libyan Sibyl, Delphic Sibyl, Cimmerian Sibyl, Erythraean Sibyl, Samian Sibyl,
		Michelangelo's rendering of the Delphic Sibyl The Sibyls were also represented in publicly available art.
		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 Germanyhttp://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/english/courses/214/sibyls/sibyls.htm.
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	Sibyls and Prophets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Prophets and Sibyls seated on monumental thrones are alternated along the long sides, while the short sides are dominated by the figures of Zachariah and, above the altar, of Jonah (Jonah 1,2), who has a pre-eminent position inasmuch as he is the prefiguration of Christ (Matthew 12,38-40; 16,1-4; Luke 11,29-30).
		The Prophets and Sibyls are identified by a text in the label below them and are those who were the first to sense the coming of the Redeemer.
		The Prophets and Sibyls therefore testify as to the continuous wait of mankind for the Redemption.
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	First Persian Empire 549-330 BC
		The Persian propagandists who thus succeeded in inspiring both Second Isaiah and the Babylonian priests with confidence in Cyrus clearly used a variety of effective approaches; and there is some evidence for the activity of yet other skilful and learned propagandists for the Persian king in Asia Minor.
		Persian, not Avestan, religious terms are used, with the word baga 'god' appearing instead of the characteristic Zoroastrian yazata, and invocation of 'all the gods' being made instead of only the 'bounteous' (spenta) divinities.
		The Persian satrap challenged the legality of this act, and when the Jews claimed the authority of an edict by Cyrus, he wrote to Darius asking that search might be made among the royal records at Babylon concerning the matter.
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	Lord Frederic Leighton [1830-1896] - Featured Artist Lot on Artfact.com
		Sibyls were semi-mythical wise women of antiquity who tended to be consulted at times of national or civic emergency.
		There were generally considered to be ten in all - the Persian, the Libyan, the Delphic, the Cimmerian, the Erythraean, the Samian, the Hellespontine, the Phrygian, the Tiburtine, and the Cumaean.
		The concept of the Sibyl, moreover, continued to hold his attention, its close association with Michelangelo, its fusion of pagan and Christian traditions, and its whiff of arcane scholarship, all appealing strongly to his imagination.
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	Appendices
		The eighth was the Hellespontine, born in the
		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.
		The eighth Sibyl was the Hellespontine, born in the Trojan country, in the village of Marpessus, near the town of Gergitha.
	www.sacred-texts.com /cla/sib/sib15.htm (3946 words)

	Sibyl - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Sibyl sat on the Sibylline Rock, breathing in vapors from the ground and eating laurel leaves, gaining her often puzzling predictions from that.
		Still others claimed the Sibyl received her powers from Gaia originally, who passed the oracle to Thetis, who passed it to Phoebe.
		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.
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	Chapter Shot Window <i>to</i> Sibylline Leaves of S by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
		(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.
		(8) The Delphic Sibyl: The Prophet born of the virgin shall be crowned with thorns.” Emblem, a crown of thorns.
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		Sibyl: “Satan shall be overcome by a true prophet.” Emblem, a dragon under the Sibyl's feet, and a lantern.
		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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	SIBYLLINE ORACLES--appendix with early Christian commentary
		Originally the Sibyl seems to been a single prophetic women, but by the time of Heraclides a number of places claimed to be the birthplace of Sibylla.
		Sibyl is a Latin word meaning prophetess, or rather soothsayer; hence the female soothsayers were called by one name.
		But the Sibyls were ten in number, and all these he enumerated under authors who had written of each one.
	www.skeptically.org /hebskaka/id15.html (4273 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Delphic Oracle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The word "oracle" is used by Tibetans to refer to the spirit that enters those men and women who act as mediums between the natural and the spiritual realms.
		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.
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	Sibyl
		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).
		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 BC.
		The Sibyl of Tiburtis announcing to Augustus the coming of Jesus Christ.
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	Hellespontine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		were the Babylonian or Persian Sibyl, the Libyan, the Cimmerian, the Sibyl of Delphi, the Erythraean, the Samian, the Cumaean, the Hellespontine, the Phrygian...
		The Persians left behind by King Darius in Europe, who had Megabazus for their general, reduced, before any other Hellespontine state, the people of Perinthus...
		from Varro): the Babylonian or Persian, the Libyan, the Cimmerian, the Delphian, the Erythraean, the Samian, the Cumaean, the Hellespontine, the Phrygian and...
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	Sibyl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		SPECIAL/BUTCH DILLEnjoying "Celebrating Sibyl, Past, Present and Future" are, from left, Cathie Amos, John Amos, Susan Lebold and John Barnett.
		Services for Sibyl I. (Muth) Egner, 78, of Mentor, will be 11 am Saturday, May 13, in the Chapel at Whitehaven Memorial Park, 615 SOM Center Road, Mayfield...
		Robbins, 71, and his 57-year-old wife Sibyl, were shot execution style in the driveway of their Encinitas home Friday night.
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	Persian Sibyl: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Persian Sibyl: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
		There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, EHandler: no quick summary.
		(but the Persian Sibyl is said to have foretold the exploits of Alexander of Macedon[For more facts and a topic of this subject, click this link]; Nicanor, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/persian_sibyl.htm (225 words)

	Oracle in TutorGig Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sibyl was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollo Apollonian Oracle.
		Sibyl, was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Zeus Ammon Oracle at Libya, The word Sibyl oracle Sibyl comes via Latin from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophet ess.
		In antiquity, the oracle oracular seeresses of the Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean were referred to by the Greek term sibyl s.
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	Roman mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To the royal house of the Tarquins was ascribed by legend the establishment of the great Capitoline triad, Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, which assumed the supreme place in Roman religion.
		Other additions were the worship of Diana on the Aventine Hill and the introduction of the Sibylline books, prophecies of world history, which, according to legend, were purchased by Tarquin in the late 6th century BC from the Cumaean Sibyl.
		The absorption of neighboring local gods took place as the Roman state conquered the surrounding territory.
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	Art Of The Vatican
		Jonah was painted above the altar; on the right side, Jeremiah, the Persian Sibyl, Ezekiel, the Erythraean Sibyl, and Joel.
		Zacharias was placed above the entrance and continuing around the room we find the Delphic Sibyl, Isaiah, the Curaean Sibyl, Daniel, the Libyan Sibyl.
		In the arches above the windows was shown the genealogy of Christ, starting with the sons of Noah.
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	MS 411
		The texts in MS 411 are always shorter than the ones given in Dotson, and are often garbled and misspelled; they are only given in full below when they differ significantly from the text.
		56v Maria lactans, St. Luke (both in grisaille), Tiburtine Sibyl announcing the Nativity to Caesar Augustus, European Sibyl announcing the flight into Egypt, Flight into Egypt, in grisaille, (B); f.
		61v Phrygian Sibyl, Prophet, St. Matthew, Resurrection (B, the latter two in grisaille) [prophecy: Vetula de resurrectione suspendunt illum et in ligno occidunt sed tercia die resurget]; [Matthew 20.19].
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		Here's the same story about Sibyl, but taken a little bit farther.
		She asked for as many years of life as grains of sand she could squeeze into her hand.
		Her container was hung from a tree; Sibyl needed, of course, no food or drink, for she could neither starve nor die of thirst.
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