sibyl
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The 5-inch drawing depicts the right foot of the Libyan Sibyl, a blonde prophetess wearing a creamsicle gown painted onto the chapel ceiling’s eastern end.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The small red chalk sketch is thought to date to about 1511-1512 when Michelangelo was preparing to work on the second half of his painting of the Sistine ceiling, which included the Libyan Sibyl.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
The set by Sibyl Wickersheimer is full of sunshiny touches suggesting the work of a child creating a magical space to ward off domestic sadness.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2023
“It was this or murdering chickens at the chicken plant,” Sibyl says, adding that the transportation costs for that minimum-wage work would have wiped out her earnings.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
Aeneas and the Sibyl made their way back to the earth and Aeneas returned to his ships.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing sibyl
Reading: Literature - Mythology - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - Middle School
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Reading: Literature - Mythology - High School
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