Herophile

Also known as: Sibyl · Role: first prophetess · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 12

In Book 10, Chapter 12, the Greeks say Herophile was the daughter of Zeus and Lamia, daughter of Poseidon. In the same chapter, she is distinguished from a second, younger Herophile, who was also earlier than the Trojan War.

Relationship record

Book 10 · Chapter 12

• parent: Zeus “the Greeks say she was the daughter of Zeus by Lamia the daughter of Poseidon”
• parent: Lamia “the Greeks say she was the daughter of Zeus by Lamia the daughter of Poseidon”
• with Herophile (second) (The second Herophile is explicitly described as younger than the first Herophile.) “The second Herophile was younger than her, but was herself clearly earlier than the Trojan War”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.