Showing posts with label Troad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Troad. Show all posts

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Hellespontine Sibyl (est600B.C.)

This sibyl(prophetess) also known as the Trojan Sibyl resided at Dardania (Greece) and is said to have been born in the village of Marpessus (within the boundaries of Troad). It is said that this Sibyl predicted the Crucifixion, and because of that, images depicting her normally show her standing beside a cross.

It is said that she lived during the lifetimes of Solon and Cyrus the Great which works out as about 600B.C. It is said that the Sibylline Books were written by this Sibyl, which were then stored at the temple in Gergis(Troas, Greece) before they passed to the possession of Erythraean Sibyl.

However one theory is that the Phrygian Sibyl, the Hellespontine Sibyl and the Erythraean Sibyl are all one in the same, and as the Sibyls often got named after the place where they resided it is possible that they are one in the same, but that cannot be taken as a fact but a theory.

Monday, 5 December 2011

The Delphic Sibyl (est1200-800B.C.)

The Delphic Sibyl made her prophecies at Delphi (Greece), there are many various stories about this Sibyl but not all of them agree. For example, one source lists her as a daughter of Queen Lamia which would make her a sister or half-sister of The Libyan Sibyl. However, it is said that she came from Troad before the Trojan War (1200B.C.) with her brother (Apollo) to Delphi, then later stopped at Samos (Greek island) Claros (Greek city) and Delos (Greek island where Apollo was born) before eventually dying in Troad (Turkey) after living nine generations(which is about 300-400years).

The Sibyl is mentioned by various sources, most noticeably by Pausanias in his description of Greece, and later she was also one of the Sibyls that was painted by Michelangelo. There are claims that she gave a prophecy about the coming of Christ.