July 09, 2007

the Sybil

Sybil (3.XXXI.iii &c.).

A term for a female prophet. The Cumean Sybil, prophetess of Apollo, escorts Aeneas to the Underworld in Virgil’s Aeneid. Elsewhere, Walcott frequently uses the alternative spelling, sibyl. He several times uses the term in reference to Ma Kilman.



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