The Rock of the Sibyl, a fragment of some ancient rockfall from the Phaedriades, upon which legend holds that the first Oracle of Delphi Herophile stood and gave oracles. It was a key part of an even older sanctuary of Ge, or Gaia, lying within the future Sanctuary of Apollo.
The Rock of the Sibyl, a chunk of stone from the Phaedriades that sits beneath the Temple of Apollo. It lies within the Sanctuary of Ge-Themis (Ge=Gaia), a site predating the cult of Apollo with a primitive oracle of the earth-goddess. It was here that legend held Apollo slew the serpent Python, guardian of the shrine here. Pausanias relates a tale that the first Oracle of Delphi, the Sibyl Herophile, delivered her oracles standing upon this rock. The photo is taken from the South of the rock, just past the east wall of the Bouleuterion.
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed July 1978. Notes written on the slide or index: Sybil Rock.
