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 Übersetzung für 'sibyls' von Englisch nach Deutsch
NOUN   a sibyl | sibyls
sibylsHexen {pl}
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myth.
sibyls
Sibyllen {pl}
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Übersetzung für 'sibyls' von Englisch nach Deutsch

sibyls
Hexen {pl}

Sibyllen {pl}myth.
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • The sayings of sibyls and oracles were notoriously open to interpretation (compare Nostradamus) and were constantly used for both civil and cult propaganda.
  • Maytera Mint is one of the sibyls of the Sun Street manteion.
  • Sybil or Sibyl is a feminine given name of Greek origin given in reference to the sibyls, oracles of Ancient Greece.
  • Luciano Berti (1973) also sees a Durerian influence in the saint's expression and the sibyls and prophets from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling in the gesture - Pontormo may have seen the latter on a trip to Rome around 1515 and his admiration for North European prints is also noted.
  • Also noteworthy is the dining room built by Cardinal Ricci in 1573, decorated with frescoes on the walls by Giacomo Rocca from Salerno, depicting pairs of sibyls and prophets on the model of the Sistine Chapel.

  • One of his largest projects involved a tableau of fifteen sibyls and prophets who foretold the coming of Christ.
  • There is also one spoken part, an echo of one of the sibyls' spoken dialogue, accompanied by wind machine.
  • On the upper right is the inscription "PERSICA SIBYLLA IA", which suggests it may have been one of a series of portraits depicting sibyls, an identity which contrasts with Isabella's.
  • The presbytery was built starting in 1564. In the sails in which the second dome that covers the main altar is set, eight sibyls arranged in pairs, painted by Guglielmo Caccia, are represented.
  • Erythrae was the birthplace of two prophetesses (sibyls) --one of whom, Sibylla, is mentioned by Strabo as living in the early period of the city; the other, Athenais, lived in the time of Alexander the Great.

  • The nickname involving sibyls arose as these were painted on the exterior; in the 19th century, saints were added as a designation, for similar reasons.
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