The best known depiction is that of Michelangelo who shows five sibyls in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel ceiling; the Delphic Sibyl, Libyan Sibyl, Persian Sibyl, Cumaean Sibyl, and the Erythraean Sibyl.

Sibyl, prophetess in Greek legend and literature. Tradition represented her as a woman of prodigious old age uttering predictions in ecstatic frenzy, but she was always a figure of the mythical past, and her …

The meaning of SIBYL is any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy).

The Hebrew sibyl is identical, moreover, according to Pausanias and Suidas (s.v. Σίβυλλa), with the sibyl of Babylon, and the name "Sabbe" consequently represents the Aramaic "saba " (= "old"), inasmuch …

The name is said to be formed from Διὸς (Dios) and βουλή (boulē), so that it would signify the counsel of Zeus. 1 The first Sibyl, from whom all the rest are said to have derived their name, is said to have …

Oct 3, 2024 · The Sibyl, a figure rooted deeply in Roman mythology, represents a bridge between the mortal world and the divine. Defined as a prophetess or oracle, the Sibyl was believed to have the …

The sibyl was a Greek prophetess-figure, apparently of Oriental origin. The sibyl utters her predictions not on being consulted, like established oracles, but spontaneously, in ecstatic exclamations. She is …

The Cumaean Sibyl (Latin: Sibylla Cumana) was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony near Naples, Italy. The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek …

The sibyls were female prophets of Greek and Roman mythology. Their prophecies, which emerged as riddles to be interpreted by priests, were inspired by Apollo* or other gods. The number of sibyls …

Apr 16, 2025 · In Roman mythology, these figures held a significant place, acting as intermediaries between the gods and humanity. The term “Sibyl” originates from the Greek word “Sibylla,” which …