アレキサンダーがシワの神託を受けるために砂漠を旅した後、ヘレニズム時代の想像では、リビアのシビルの姿が浮かび上がってきたという。
==Zeus and foreign godsゼウスと外国の神 ==
[[File:Evolution of Zeus Nikephoros on Indo-Greek coinage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Evolution of ''Zeus Nikephoros'' ("Zeus holding [[Nike (mythology)|Nike]]") on [[Indo-Greek]] coinage: from the Classical motif of Nike handing the [[wreath]] of victory to Zeus himself (left, coin of [[Heliocles I]] 145-130 BC), then to a baby [[elephant]] (middle, coin of [[Antialcidas]] 115-95 BC), and then to the [[Dharmachakra|Wheel of the Law]], symbol of [[Buddhism]] (right, coin of [[Menander II]] 90–85 BC).]]
[[File:Buddha-Vajrapani-Herakles.JPG|thumb|right|alt=Vajrapāni as Herakles or Zeus|Zeus as [[Vajrapāni]], the protector of the [[Buddha]]. 2nd century, [[Greco-Buddhist art]].<ref>"In the art of Gandhara Zeus became the inseparable companion of the Buddha as Vajrapani." in Freedom, Progress, and Society, K. Satchidananda Murty, R. Balasubramanian, Sibajiban Bhattacharyya, Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1986, [https://books.google.com/books?id=KQubSpHFrKQC&pg=PA97 p. 97]</ref>]]