Phaennis
Role: prophetess · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 12
At Dodona, Phaennis, daughter of the king of the Chaones, prophesied by divine inspiration, though she was not called a Sibyl. She was a contemporary of Antiochus (captor of Demetrius).
At Pergamus, a generation before the event, Phaennis foretold that the Celts would cross from Europe into Asia to destroy its cities. She identified Attalus (king of Pergamum) as their future destroyer.
Relationship record
Life events
- Phaennis prophesied by divine inspiration, though she was not called a Sibyl.(Book 10 · Chapter 12 · 📍 Dodona)
- “Phaennis, (the daughter of the king of the Chaones), and the Peleæ at Dodona, also prophesied by divine inspiration, but were not called Sibyls.”
- Phaennis foretold the Galatians’ invasion, identifying Attalus as their future destroyer.(Book 10 · Chapter 15 · 📍 Pergamus)
- With: Attalus (king of Pergamum)
- “Phaennis indeed foretold in her oracles, a generation before it happened, that the army of the Celts would pass from Europe to Asia to destroy the cities there.”
Book 10 · Chapter 12
- with Antiochus (captor of Demetrius) (Phaennis and Antiochus were contemporaries.) “Phaennis, (the daughter of the king of the Chaones) ... was a contemporary of Antiochus”
Book 10 · Chapter 15
- with Attalus (king of Pergamum) (Phaennis's oracle referred to Attalus.) “By the bull Phaennis meant Attalus the king of Pergamus, who was also called bull-horned in the oracle.”
- with Apollo (Phaennis delivered an oracle concerning Apollo's prophecy.) “Phaennis indeed foretold in her oracles, a generation before it happened, that the army of the Celts would pass from Europe to Asia to destroy the cities there.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.