The sibyls[n 1] were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. [1][2] Statue in the Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi, believed to depict a sibyl. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. [3] . A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by Pausanias [4] when he described local traditions in his writings from the second century AD.

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 prophecies, in Greek hexameters, were handed down in writing.

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). Did you know?

Sibyl is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay she co-wrote with Arthur Harari, and starring Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Gaspard Ulliel, in his final film to be released theatrically during his lifetime. [6]

Sibyl: Directed by Justine Triet. With Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Gaspard Ulliel, Sandra Hüller. A jaded psychotherapist returns to her first passion of becoming a writer.

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 word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There …

2018年6月11日 · sibyl a woman in ancient times supposed to utter the oracles and prophecies of a god; in later times the number of sibyls was usually given as ten, living at different times and places in Asia, Africa, Greece, and Italy.

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 varied from 1 to 12. prophet one who …

Sibyl Is the name by which several prophetic women are designated who occur in various countries and at different times in antiquity. The name is said to be formed from Διὸς ( Dios ) and βουλή ( boulē ), so that it would signify the counsel of Zeus . 1

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 believed to dwell in grottos, to wander through many countries and …