- The
Sibylline Books (Latin:
Libri Sibyllini) were a
collection of
oracular utterances, set out in Gr****
hexameter verses, that,
according to tradition...
-
uttered divine revelations in a
frenzied state.
Fourteen books and
eight fragments of
Sibylline Oracles survive, in an
edition of the 6th or 7th century...
- ante quem for a ****aean sibyl. She is said to have sold the
original Sibylline books to
Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome. In Virgil's
Fourth Eclogue...
-
Idaean mother of the gods"). The
oldest collection of
Sibylline utterances, the
Sibylline Books,
appears to have been made
about the time of
Cyrus at...
-
Jesus Christ. This
claim comes from the
Sibylline Oracles,
which are not to be
confused with the
Sibylline Books. The ****espontian
Sibyl was born in the...
-
fourth law
regarding the
priests who were the
custodians of the
sacred Sibylline Books.
These and
related laws (such as the
Leges Genuciae) and the long struggle...
- that led to
rhapsodomancy falling out of
favour with the I Ching. The
sibylline books,
thought to have
written around the 6th
century BC, were used by Gr****...
-
known as the
Sibylline Books that were
under the
exclusive control of
special religious figures, the
duumviri (then decemviri). The
books were resorted...
-
original price. At last,
Tarquin accepted, in this way
obtaining the
Sibylline Books. In 509 BC,
having angered the
Roman po****ce
through the pace and...
-
presence in the
early history of
Roman festivals. On the
advice of the
Sibylline books,
which were
consulted amid
anxieties surrounding the
Second Punic War...
