and when they liued, is vncertaine: wee will heare the best authors hereof▪ Martianus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 there were but two Sybills, one called Erophila, daughter to Marmasus the Troyan (and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hee saith was that of Phrygia and Cumae) the other Symmachia, daughter to an Hippone•…•…, borne at Erythra, and prophecying at Cumae also. There were three statues of three Sybils, in the pleading court at Rome. Plin. the first erected by Pacuuius Taurus Aedile, and the rest by M. Messala. These (saith Solinus) were the Cumane, the Delphike, and the Erithr•…•…∣an Eriphila. Aelian (hist. vari.) names foure: Erythraea, Samia, Egyptia, Sardiana. O∣thers adde two more Iudaea, and Cumaea. Varro makes them vp ten. De re diu•…•…▪ ad C•…•…s. The Greekes thought to doe with them as they did with the Ioues and Hercules, making a many all into one, and writ much of one Sybilla: some make her daughter to Apollo and 〈◊〉〈◊〉: sonne to Aristocrates and Hydole: some to Crimagoras, or to Theodorus. Some make her borne at Erythra, some in Sicily, some in Sardinia, Gergethia, Rhodes, Lybia, or Leucania, and all these concerne the Erythrean Sibyll, who liued before the sack of Troy, say they. But now to Uarro's ten Sybills, as Lactantius reckens them, adding the fitte assertions of Greekes, or Latines by the way. The first was a Persian, mentioned by Nicander, the Chronicler of Alexanders actes. This some say was a Chaldean, and some a Iew, her name being Samb•…•…tha, borne in Noe, a citty neare the read sea, of one Berossus and his wife Tymantha, who had foure and twenty children betweene them. Shee prophecyed aboundantly of Ch•…•…ist, and his comming, with whome the other Sybills doe fully accorde. The second was a Lybian. Eur•…•…▪ Prolog. in Lamiam. The third a Delphian, (Chrysip. de Diuinat.) borne at Delphos, called Themis, liuing before the siege of Troy. Homer inserted many of her verses into his Rapso•…•…ie. This saith Diodorus was Daphne, Tyresias daughter, whom the Argiues conquering Thebes, sent to Delphos, where growing cunning in Apollo's mysteries, shee expounded the Oracles, to them that sought to them, and therefore was called Sibylla. There was another Daphne, daughter to Ladom the Arcadian, Apollo loued her, and shee is feigned to bee turned into a Lawrell in flying from him. The fourth a Cumaean in Italy. Naeu. de bello Punic. Piso in •…•…n∣nal. Some say shee was borne in Cymerium a towne in Italy neere Cumae. The fifth an Ery∣thraean: Apollodorus saith hee and shee were borne both in a towne. Shee prophecied to the Greekes, going to Troye, that they should conquer, and that Homer should write lyes. But the common opinion is, shee liued before the siege of Troy: yet Eusebius drawes him to Ro∣mulus his time. Indeede Strabo maketh more then one Erythream Sibyll: saying there was one ancient one, and another later called Athenais, liuing in Alexanders time. Lactantius saith Sibylla Erythraea was borne at Babilon, and chose to bee called Erythraea. The sixt was a Samian, Eratosth. saith hee found mention of her in the Samian Annales: shee was called Phito the seauenth, a Cumane, called Amalthea, and by other Herophile, or Demophile. Sui∣das calleth her Hierophile, and saith shee brought nine bookes to King Tarquinius Priscus, and asked him three hundred angels for them, which hee denying and laughing at her, shee burnt three of them before his face, and asked him the whole summe for the rest. Hee thinking shee was madde or drunke indeed, scoffed at her againe: shee burned other three, and asked still the whole summe for the three remaining: then the King was mooued in minde, and gaue it her. This is recorded by Pliny, Dionys. Solin. Gellius, and Seruius, concerning Tarquin the proud, not the other. Pliny saith shee had but three bookes, burning two, and sauing the third. Suidas saith she had nine bookes of priuate oracles, and burnt but two of them: her tombe (saith Solinus) may be seene yet in Sicilia. But he calleth her not Eriphile, for that hee giues to the Erythraean Sybill, who was more ancient then the Cumane. Eusebius thinks that Hierophile was neither the Erythrean, nor Cumane, but the Samian, that she liued in Numa's time, L•…•…o∣crates being Archon of Athens. The wife of Amphiaraus was called Eriphile also. The eight was of Hellespont, borne at Marmissum neare Troy, liuing in the time of Solon and Cyrus. He∣racl. Pontic. The ninth was a Phrygian, and prophecied at Aucyra. The tenth a Tyburtine, called Albumea, worshipped at Tybur, as a goddesse on the banke of the riuer Anienes, in whose chan∣nell her Image was found, with a booke in the hand of it. These are Varro's Sybills. There are others named also, as Lampusia, Calchas his daughter, of Colophon, whose prophecies were whilom extant in verse: and Sybilla Elyssas also with them. Cassandra also, Priams daughter, who prophecied her countries ruine, was counted for a Sybill: there was also Sybill of Epirus, and Mant•…•… Tyresias daughter: and lastly Carmentis Euanders mother, and Fatua, Faunus his wife, all called Sybills. Didi•…•…s Grammaticus is in doubt whether Sapho were a Sybill or no.