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Headword:
*si/bulla
*(/elissa
Adler number: sigma,356
Translated headword: Helissan Sybil, ?Whirling Sybil
Vetting Status: high
Translation: She wrote prophecies and oracles in verses.
Greek Original:*si/bulla *(/elissa: e)/graye mantei/as kai\ xrhsmou\s di' e)pw=n.
Note:
For the block of Suda entries (mainly from
Hesychius of Miletus) on Sibyls see
sigma 354 through
sigma 362; and generally OCD4 1360-61. The present one (with one of the shortest entries) is mysterious. The import of her epithet is not self-evident. (Adler notes Hemsterhuys' idea that it should be emended to Libyssa, to conform with the list given in the second part of
sigma 361, q.v.)
Reference:
Parke, H.W. Sibyls and Sibylline Prophecy in Classical Antiquity Routledge: USA. 1988
Keywords: biography; meter and music; poetry; religion; women
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 1 February 2000@01:08:41.
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