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Cumaean Sibyl

"The Cumaean Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony located near Naples, Italy. The word sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many sibyls in different locations throughout the ancient world. Because of the importance of the Cumaean Sibyl in the legends of early Rome as codified in Virgil´s Aeneid VI, and because of her proximity to Rome, the Cumaean Sibyl became the most famous among the Romans. The Erythraean Sibyl from modern-day Turkey was famed among Greeks, as was the oldest Hellenic oracle, the Sibyl of Dodona, possibly dating to the second millennium BC according to Herodotus, favored in the east." - (en.wikipedia.org 14.11.2020)

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La Sibile du Dominiquain[Die Sibylle von Cumae]Sibylle von Cumae[Apollon et la Sybille Cumée; Apollo und die cymäische Sibylle]Sibilla Cumaea[Sibyllae Quatuor]
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Was depicted (Actor) Cumaean Sibyl
Published / Intellectual creation Crispijn van de Passe the Elder (1564-1637)

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