ʃiː wʌz ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdᵻd æz ɐ sˈoːɹsɚɹəs fɔːɹ hɜː sˈɛlfpɹəklˈeɪmd ɐbˈɪləɾi tʊ mˌeɪk ðə mˈuːn dˌɪsɐpˈɪɹ fɹʌmðə skˈaɪ kˈæpə ˈælfə θˈiːɾə ˈælfə aɪˈoʊɾə ɹˈoʊ ˈɛpsɪlˌɑːn lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈɛfdˈiːsˈɪks njˈuː tˈaʊ lˌɛɾɚwˈʌnˈɛfsˈɛvənfˈoːɹ njˈuː sˈɪɡməˈɛpsɪlənlˈæmdəˈiːɾənjˈuːˈiːɾənjˈuː : kˈæɾaɪɹˌiːn tˈɪn sˈɛleɪnən wˌɪtʃ hˈæzbiːn tˈeɪkən fˈɜːst baɪ plˈuːɾɑːɹk ænd sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli baɪ mˈɑːdɚn ɐstɹˈɑːnəmɚz tə mˈiːn ðæt ʃiː kʊd pɹɪdˈɪkt ðə tˈaɪm ænd dʒˈɛnɚɹəl ˈɛɹiə wˌɛɹ ɐ lˈuːnɚɹ ɪklˈɪps wʊd əkˈɜː.
She was regarded as a sorceress for her (self-proclaimed) ability to 'make the moon disappear from the sky' (καθαιρεῖν τὴν σελήνην : kathaireĩn tìn selénen) which has been taken – first by Plutarch and subsequently by modern astronomers – to mean that she could predict the time and general area where a lunar eclipse would occur.