Samian Sibyl
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Samian Sibyl
The Samian Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the
Apollonian
oracle
near
Hera
's temple on the Isle of
Samos
, a
Greek colony
. The word
Sibyl
comes (via
Latin
) from the
ancient Greek
word sibylla, meaning
prophetess
. There were many Sibyls in the ancient world but she is the one who prophesied the Birth of Jesus in the stable.The Samian Sibyl, by name Phemonoe, or Phyto of whom
Eratosthenes
wrote.
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