Sibylla

[ si-bil-uh ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. an Asian maiden who gained from her lover Apollo the gift of prophecy and long life.

Example Sentences

A clerk of Spiers wrote a treatise on her, entitled Sibylla Francica, divided into two parts.

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I drew out my watch; we had long overstayed our time, for we were to lunch at the Sibylla in Tivoli.

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Sibylla was the heiress of the kingdom; the problem of her marriage was important.

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Sibylla was a woman of great beauty, majestic person and commanding talents.

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In 1180 he deserted his second wife, the princess Orguilleuse, for a certain Sibylla, and he was in consequence excommunicated.

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