Grotto of the Sibyl
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 04, 2024 03:11 PM
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History
A cave discovered by Amedeo Maiuri in 1932 and connected in the historical tradition with the Cumaean Sibyl. The site features in the sixth book of Virgil's Aeneid.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/94135344
40.8349539, 14.0766563
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Grotto of the Sibyl (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- L'antro della Sibilla (Italian, modern)
- Grotto of the Sibyl connection Avernus (lake) (unspecified date range)
- Grotto of the Sibyl connection Campi Phlegraei (unspecified date range)
- Grotto of the Sibyl located at Cumae/Kyme (Campanian) (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), cave
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Grotto of the Sibyl: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/94135344> [accessed: 30 March 2025]
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