Herophiles

The rock of the Sibyl in Delphi , Greece, named after the ancient writer Pausanias, place of divination of the Sibyl Herophile

Herophile is a figure from Greek mythology . She is considered the first sibyl , a prophetess who prophesies without being asked. She was the daughter of the god Zeus and Lamia or Idaia . She sat on a rock and sang her prophecies .

Herophile and Sibyl are sometimes equated.

literature

• Pausanias : Travel in Greece / Vol. 3. On the basis of the commented translations by E. Meyer ed. by F.Eckstein. Düsseldorf and Zurich: Artemis and Winkler 2001, Book X.
• Herophiles . In: W. Vollmer: Dictionary of the mythology of all peoples. Stuttgart: Hoffman'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung 1874, p. 247.

Web links

• Herophile , article in Vollmer's Dictionary of Mythology at zeno.org