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Called “The Four Sibyls,” the frescoes depict the female seers of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, including the Roman, Cumaean, Erythraean and Delphic sibyls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

Katherine spends her days sightseeing in the Museum of Archaeology and experiencing a tremor of anxiety at the Cave of the Cumaean Sibyl.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2013

The epigram to The Waste Land, which concerns the Cumaean Sibyl, rings strangely among these standing irons.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2012

The Cumaean Sibyl and her grotto lapsed into a legend�until last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seemed that I had thrust myself, not into a commonplace railway compartment, but into a Cumaean cavern.

From The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor by Rohmer, Sax