A report on Cumaean Sibyl
The priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony located near Naples, Italy.
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Sibyl
4 linksThe sibyls (αἱ Σῐ́βυλλαι, singular Σῐ́βυλλᾰ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece.
The sibyls (αἱ Σῐ́βυλλαι, singular Σῐ́βυλλᾰ) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece.
The sibyl who most concerned the Romans was the Cumaean Sibyl, located near the Greek city of Naples, whom Virgil's Aeneas consults before his descent to the lower world (Aeneid book VI: 10).
Sibylline Books
4 linksThe Sibylline Books (Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, that, according to tradition, were purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and were consulted at momentous crises through the history of the Republic and the Empire.
The Sibylline Books (Libri Sibyllini) were a collection of oracular utterances, set out in Greek hexameters, that, according to tradition, were purchased from a sibyl by the last king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, and were consulted at momentous crises through the history of the Republic and the Empire.
It would appear to have been this very collection that found its way to Cumae (see the Cumaean Sibyl) and from Cumae to Rome.
Cumae
5 linksThe first ancient Greek colony on the mainland of Italy, founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BC and soon becoming one of the strongest colonies.
The first ancient Greek colony on the mainland of Italy, founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BC and soon becoming one of the strongest colonies.
The city and acropolis walls were built from 505 BC, as well as the Sibyl's cave.
Aeneid
2 linksLatin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.
Aeneas, with the guidance of the Cumaean Sibyl, descends into the underworld.
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
2 linksThe legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic.
The legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic.
According to one story, Tarquin was approached by the Cumaean Sibyl, who offered him nine books of prophecy at an exorbitant price.
Hades
1 linksGod of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous.
God of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous.
Besides Heracles, the only other living people who ventured to the underworld were also heroes: Odysseus, Aeneas (accompanied by the Sibyl), Orpheus, to whom Hades showed uncharacteristic mercy at Persephone's urging, who was moved by Orpheus' music, Theseus with Pirithous, and, in a late romance, Psyche.
Virgil
1 linksAncient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
Ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
![A 3rd-century Roman mosaic of Virgil seated between Clio and Melpomene (from Hadrumetum [Sousse], Tunisia)](https://hyperleap.com/images/3b28ee7ff7de0d16a1d1fcb3825f28d9/200-998cdc8bd65d053373d06be9d7db37fb.jpg)
![The verse inscription at Virgil's tomb was supposedly composed by the poet himself: Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope. Cecini pascua, rura, duces. ("Mantua gave me life, the Calabrians took it away, Naples holds me now; I sang of pastures, farms, and commanders" [transl. Bernard Knox])](https://hyperleap.com/images/3b28ee7ff7de0d16a1d1fcb3825f28d9/200-3400a07c6e0b8b73d40f81c145b11dd0.jpg)
On reaching Cumae, in Italy in Book 6, Aeneas consults the Cumaean Sibyl, who conducts him through the Underworld where Aeneas meets the dead Anchises who reveals Rome's destiny to his son.
Sibylline Oracles
2 linksThe Sibylline Oracles (Oracula Sibyllina; sometimes called the pseudo-Sibylline Oracles) are a collection of oracular utterances written in Greek hexameters ascribed to the Sibyls, prophetesses who uttered divine revelations in a frenzied state.
The Sibylline Oracles (Oracula Sibyllina; sometimes called the pseudo-Sibylline Oracles) are a collection of oracular utterances written in Greek hexameters ascribed to the Sibyls, prophetesses who uttered divine revelations in a frenzied state.
Some have suggested that the surviving texts may include some fragments or remnants of the Sibylline Books with a legendary provenance from the Cumaean Sibyl, which had been kept in temples in Rome.
Michelangelo
1 linksItalian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance.
Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance.
Among the most famous paintings on the ceiling are The Creation of Adam, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the Deluge, the Prophet Jeremiah, and the Cumaean Sibyl.
Avernus
1 linksAncient name for a volcanic crater near Cumae , Italy, in the region of Campania west of Naples.
Ancient name for a volcanic crater near Cumae , Italy, in the region of Campania west of Naples.
On the shores of the lake is the grotto of the Cumaean Sibyl and the entrance to a long tunnel (Grotta di Cocceio, c. 800 m) leading toward Cumae, where her sanctuary was located.