Herophile Sibyl

Herophile, also called the Eritrean sibyl, was a sibyl from Marpeso in the so-called Tróas (region where Troy was located). She was the daughter of a nymph and a mortal father named Theodore, who was a shepherd of Ida. Herophile was the one who predicted the Trojan War, announcing that the person responsible would be a woman named Helena. She spent most of her life on Samos. She is said to have composed a hymn in honor of Apollo (the god who inspired the prophecies).

She always carried a stone with her that she climbed on to foreshadow. This stone was preserved in Delphi after his death and in the time of the historian Pausanias it was shown to those interested. Her tomb, which was in the forest of Apollo Smintheus, was also shown. The inhabitants of Erythras said that she was born in her territory, in a cave on Mount Coricus.

He died in Troads.