Definition of Sibyls. Meaning of Sibyls. Synonyms of Sibyls

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Sibyls. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Sibyls and, of course, Sibyls synonyms and on the right images related to the word Sibyls.

Definition of Sibyls

Sibyl
Sibyl Sib"yl, n. [L. sibylla, Gr. ????.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy. Note: The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different authors; but the opinion of Varro, that there were ten, is generally adopted. They dwelt in various parts of Persia, Greece, and Italy. 2. A female fortune teller; a pythoness; a prophetess. ``An old highland sibyl.' --Sir W. Scott.

Meaning of Sibyls from wikipedia

- The sibyls (αἱ Σῐ́βυλλαι, singular Σῐ́βυλλᾰ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has...
- meaning prophetess. There were many sibyls throughout the ancient world. Because of the importance of the ****aean Sibyl in the legends of early Rome as codified...
- women called Sibyls who were ****ociated with religious centers. The Sibyl of Dodona, was dated to the second millennium BC by Herodotus. A Sibyl famous among...
- Sibyl or sibyl in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sibyls were oracular women believed to possess prophetic powers in ancient Greece. Sybil or Sibyl may...
- Sibyl Vane may refer to: Sibyl Vane, a main character of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray Sibyl Vane, a main character in Vladimir Nabokov's...
- Apollonian oracle. The word "Sibyl" comes (via Latin) from the ancient Gr**** word sibylla, meaning "prophetess". There were many Sibyls in the ancient world,...
- (i.e., ****ae). The word Sibyl comes (via Latin) from the ancient Gr**** word sibylla, meaning prophetess. There were many sibyls in the ancient world (e...
- In the extended complement of sibyls of the Gothic and Renaissance imagination, the Phrygian Sibyl was the priestess presiding over an Apollonian oracle...
- The Temple of the Sibyl (in Polish, Świątynia Sybilli) is a colonnaded round monopteral temple-like structure at Puławy, Poland, built at the turn of...
- Dame Sibyl Mary Hathaway DBE (née Collings, formerly Beaumont; 13 January 1884 – 14 July 1974) was Dame of Sark from 1927 until her death in 1974. Her...