books0977:The Sybil Hellespontica. Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, 1591-1666). Oil
books0977:The Sybil Hellespontica. Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (Italian, 1591-1666). Oil on canvas. Ickworth.In antiquity, sibyls were women endowed with the gift of prophecy, and were priestesses of Apollo. During the Middle Ages, the western church had accepted twelve of them as prophets of the coming of Christ, of which the Sibyl Hellespontica was one. Her name indicated her place of origin. -- source link